Word: tradesmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coupla million nicker" (steal ?2,000,000) but unfortunately finds himself "in boob" (in jail). Fortunately, Jailbird Sellers inhabits a gilded cage that contains a radio, a wine cellar, a fully equipped kitchen, a cuckoo clock, an amiable tabby. Milk and papers are delivered every morning by the local tradesmen. The turnkey knocks timidly before entering and walks the cat upon request. Morning massage by a cellmate is followed by classes in basket weaving, fretwork and (when the warden looks the other way) safe blowing...
Unprincely Manner. But Faisal's austerity did not sit well with many Saudis. Budget cuts brought to a near standstill King Saud's busy building of palaces and impressive government offices in Riyadh, and grumbling artisans and tradesmen quit town by the thousands. And Feisal's stern watchdog role took a heavy personal toll. Troubled for years by a stomach ailment, he went on a liquid diet and an 18-hour workday. Snapped one Saudi who recently visited Feisal: "His dingy office was piled right to the ceiling with files, files, files. He insisted on signing everything...
...refugees from Chinese Communists on the main land, but many have joined the church since fleeing from the Reds. The old ways are gone, and they want something to cling to, says the archbishop. "For more and more of them that something is Catholicism. Almost all the professors, tradesmen, generals and politicians on Formosa have accepted Christ...
...other lyrics, tradesmen are well instructed to respect the debts of the aristocracy because the debts go back for generations. And Actress Leila Martin, as Gwendolen Fairfax, sings coquettishly about the troubles one has selecting a hat while she lounges about her boudoir in ruffled pantaloons. All that could easily be little more than an unwelcome obstruction between the audience and Oscar Wilde; but Ernest in Love scores on its own through Lee Pockriss' music-engaging, deft, pleasantly hummable tunes that bob against one another like English strawberries floating in dry white wine...
...foreign commotions rarely bother them (though foreign milk is rarely safe). Nannies just order revolutionary mobs round to the tradesmen's entrance. "As far as possible," reported Anne Chermside, who was nanny to the infant Prince Fuad when the Egyptian revolution broke out in 1952, "I tried to see that he was oblivious of the drama and danger which surrounded him. Through everything, I saw that Fuad was brought up simply-always on English lines...