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...once had as a young bride; but that thought was too painful to accept, and she thrust it aside in favor of fury. Yes, he had done it on purpose; he had acted out of unadulterated malice.But the Viscountess had never been one for defeat. She was no shy violet; she would not allow that thing, that pitiful imitation of a man, to trample her again without retribution. She laced her corset with such vehemence that the stiff stays pressed into her skin like brands, and in the process she resolved to kill Frederick before breakfast.Dressed, she left the house...
...Dublin Youth Orchestra, the local youth Irish dance troupe "The Celtic Dragons," and the chorus from the Bai Nian Vocational School, a free school that serves the children of migrant workers and to which the Irish embassy has donated a language lab. Bedecked in green, orange, and violet, giddy participants proudly carried the flags of either country. On the apples of their cheeks, most marchers wore the three-leaf clover stickers that had been handed out by embassy employees. When Bai Nian students asked their chaperone if the stickers were of Ireland's national flower, the amused teacher could only...
...AIMEZ-MOI By Caron; recalls Lolita Lempicka Key notes: Anise, clove, violet leaf, tonka bean, heliotrope, musk, amber Dubin: "I imagine myself in Venice, dancing at a masked ball with a handsome stranger...
...most blue-blooded and aristocratic of all candidates, and has shown a penchant for flip-flopping as the political wind changes, just as the greedy Veruca constantly changed her mind about what she wanted. The loud, brash, and hypercompetitive former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani most resembles Violet Beauregaurde. Consistently exaggerating his record when talking about “cleaning up New York City” and obsessively mentioning 9/11 in nearly every speech, his pride mirrors Violet’s, who embellished her own accomplishments in the hopes of intimidating the other children. Meanwhile, former Sen. Fred Thompson...
...Bedford Falls needs George Bailey. But the rest of us? Not so into him anymore. Don't get me wrong: I like Wonderful Life--the dance contest, the romance, the seductive mystery of Violet Bick. But isn't there something a little oppressive about it? To me, a former small-town kid, it's a tragedy, about a man whose dreams are beaten down by his needy, parochial, busybody neighbors. I want to yell at the screen, "You go on that honeymoon, George Bailey! Tell that cabdriver to floor it and never look back...