Word: squeamish
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...trial by the Inquisition; there he performs Don Quixote as a charade for the amusement and instruction of his fellow prisoners. Peter O'Toole acts both Cervantes and Quixote about as well as Wasserman has written them, although to his credit, he looks a little skeptical, even squeamish...
...President offering to make the premier a Harvard benefit. But the idea of the University affiliating itself with a business venture concerning drugs at Harvard was a flop at Bok's office; and Phillips Brooks House, the Alumni Association, and the Crimson, which also received offers were similarly squeamish...
...game. Moscow's agents may be especially aggressive, but Russian espionage has a strong defensive streak, linked to a conviction that half the world is against the Soviet Union ?a conviction that began with the never-forgotten Western attempts to crush the" Revolution. The West is usually more squeamish about espionage than Russia or other Communist countries. David Cornwell. the Briton who writes realistic spy fiction under the pen name John le Carre (The Spy Who Came In From the Cold), once observed that the West does not believe in "eating people" and yet is forced to defend this...
...practical advantages. Starting out unruly, it never looks worse growing out, needs nothing more than a trim every four months. For women who feel Pollyannaish with short hair, the hank at the neck lends reassurance if not beauty. And for those who want to go simian but are slightly squeamish, there is always Sassoon's new way out: the Veil, with a long thin screen of hair completely covering the face. Blinking, obviously, is a nono...
...sake, somebody stop them before they blow $49,190 of Uncle Sam's money for research into how to make sourdough starter [Aug. 31]! I've been making sourdough starter for years, and I'll give them my recipe free. Or if they're squeamish about old-fashioned methods, they can buy dehydrated starter from Sourdough Jack-right there in San Francisco. (MRS.) MARION NICOLAY Glastonbury, Conn...