Word: scotswoman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twelve stories. The Cardinal's Third Tale makes its Gothic point with perhaps the neatest and most ironic flourish. Lady Flora Gordon, a handsome Scotswoman of giant size, impressive intellect and unassailable chastity, meets in Rome a gentle, saintly priest who tries desperately to root out "her utter disbelief and her utter contempt of Heaven and Earth.'' When arguments fail, he finally confronts her with the brooding, majestic statue of St. Peter in the Vatican, a figure so noble in size and concept that it dwarfs even Lady Flora's proud body and arrogant mind...
...Scotswoman...
...Scotland's Moira Paterson, the British Women's Amateur golf championship, over England's Frances Stephens, one up on the 38th hole after being five down on the 23rd; at Troon, Scotland. Miss Paterson is the first Scotswoman to win the British title since...