Word: surround
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...center of The Loved and Envied shines Ruby Maclean, a 53-year-old beauty of angelic character, much too good for the decadent and useless idlers who surround her. Sympathetically and quietly, she administers the last rites to a dying generation. One friend, a rich old Italian duke who has made the frightful error of marrying his cook, dies with Lady Maclean bending tenderly over his deathbed. Another, a dried-out, egotistical playwright, gets Ruby to beg his 30-years-estranged wife for a reconciliation. And Good Samaritan Ruby is there with shelter when the withered mistress of a septuagenarian...
...consecutive floors below are devoted to boxing enthusiasts. The ninth level contains a punching bag room and by the eight floor, the tower has widened enough to allow space for five boxing rings. Pictures of greats of pugilism surround the rings, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, or perhaps for inspiration...
...Last Holiday" has a great deal to say, but not once does it speak with the offensiveness of a "message." Byrd is a nice guy, and, to quote Leo Durocher, "nice guys always finish last." A lot of charlatans surround this nice guy, a lot of charlatans...
...afternoon, another place. The way lies through an area into which the U.S. Marines have just moved. It's good to see them, beautifully equipped and so obviously well trained. Once again I see refugees on this road. But there's a difference. Our own men, marines, surround them. As the jeep comes toward them I witness something of an advance in American communication with the people of the country. A marine is passing a mine detector over the clothing and packs of the refugees. Any metal-a rifle barrel, a pistol, a clip of ammunition, maybe...
...prod the colonel: How many people have gone home? How much weaker are the Huks? How can he tell? He looks more & more harassed; suddenly he grins with a certain ferocity, and jabs his lean, dark hand at me and at each of the small group of officers who surround...