Word: toot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Faces in the Water, by Janet Frame. A brilliant, largely autobiographical novel about nine long years in a mental institution, done with toot sympathy and warm love for the sane and insane alike...
...studded with frustrated performers who yearn for a chance to sing with a full symphony orchestra, toot a hot horn with a jazz combo, or play with a professional chamber group. Now they can do all three without ever leaving their homes. The missing thrill is provided by a Manhattan recording company called Music Minus One, which does 90% of its business in releases from which a voice or a single instrument has been purposely omitted...
...Pickup. Most klaxoners, known by such names as Yvette of the Opel, Rossana of the Dauphine, Maria of the Appia, discreetly toot horns and flash headlights to attract the prospect's attention. In a favorite gambit, pairs of klaxon girls pull right alongside male motorists; the one at the wheel keeps the car just abreast, the other casually unbuttons her blouse. Blonde "Insurance Nadia," on the other hand, got her name by her habit of gently jostling a male driver's rear bumper, then sidling out to coo that her insurance company will pay damages...