Word: wises
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When it comes to fighting inflation, food prices count too. The President seems penny-wise and pound-foolish...
...Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish...
...vague way appears to be Charlotte's fault It is hard not to feel that these characters were included to make points already well established by the interaction of the two main figures. Eva's husband, who has little to do but smoke his pipe and look wise, is another minor irritation. The result is something close to triteness...
...just not satisfied yet. Situation-wise I've done alright. I've hit some big ones when we needed them. But in terms of overall kicking, it's just not there...
...offshoots were now hanging down until they dangled over the radiator." Perceptions noted, then brushed aside, only to return again, create the underlying rhythm of their days, until Marcia's mental backslide brings a sharper focus. Pym charts the courses of these blameless lives, informing them with a wise, rueful compassion that is all too rare in contemporary fiction...