Word: whoredoms
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...book that opens with God commanding his prophet to go marry a prostitute. But this is exactly what the prophet Hosea is told to do at the outset of his biblical career. “The Lord said to Hosea: ‘Go get yourself a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land will stray from the following of the Lord.’” Few readers of this story have ever taken it literally, especially given that in the ensuing fourteen chapters of the book, Hosea’s problematic marriage is used...
...1990s is that we find out about the undersides of our presidents immediately, instead of decades after the fact. Yet this analysis is too simple; it is equally fair to say that the demands put upon politicians today, particularly in the area of fundraising, beckon increasing levels of whoredom...
...TITLE: WHOREDOM IN KIMMAGE...
...three of Ireland's leading feminists: the country's first woman President, Mary Robinson; poet Eavan Boland; and abortion-rights activist Ruth Riddick, who inspired the book's enigmatic title. (One conservative Catholic lady is quoted as saying of Riddick and her ilk: "Oh, those women! Those women encourage whoredom in Kimmage" -- a lower-class Dublin neighborhood...
Mahoney has an infallible ear for the spoken word and an eye for telling detail. Whoredom's vignettes are encased in prose so pellucid and evocative that readers may want to stop and reread passages just to savor their rhythms and imagery. Take a look back at Mahoney's reaction to Lillian Hellman's remark about "the little Irish girl." You could do a ton of reading before catching a sentence as fierce and fine as that...