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...hair, Lorna comes close to parodying a jazz-age flapper. Still, while the lowerbrow in the schizoid Delderfield reader may thrill to such blood-stirring experiences as skinny dips and off-coast storms, his higherbrowed self can find plenty of social realism. Delderfield makes his reader see-and even smell-boarding-houses with names like Resthaven and Shangri...
...came within a split second of dousing both crowd and orchestra. Shaw admitted to confusion. "As the smoke cleared and firemen in full asbestos regalia appeared, it became apparent that what I had mistaken in the din of battle as a premature entry of chimes was the smell-all, tell-all alarm that did not know its brass from the principal bass...
With newsmen listening, Faisal chose to describe his worries at an all-male state dinner in the royal guest palace. As the smell of incense wafted through the huge, high-ceilinged rooms, the King delivered a blunt if hyperbolic message to his guest: "The injustice and aggression that were wrought upon the Arabs of Palestine are unprecedented in history." Although he praised the peacemaking efforts of Kissinger and Nixon, the King warned: "There will never be a real and lasting peace in the area unless Jerusalem is liberated and returned to Arab sovereignty, unless liberation of all the occupied Arab...
...Shakespeare, like other natural resources, has suffered from erosion. Many of his phrases have been forced down the throats of schoolchildren for generations, until at last they have become weary commonplaces of the English tongue. From star-cross'd lovers to the rose that by any name would smell as sweet -all these have become bromides. One can sometimes sympathize with the tired businessman who refuses to see any more Shakespearean productions because they are too full of quotations...
Sitting next to a drinker is worse than sitting next to a smoker any time. Not only does he smell bad, but his conversation is usually bad also...