Word: relishes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Baring-Gould lovingly dwells on Wolfe's eccentricities: abhorrence of physical activity (especially any prospect of having to leave his Manhattan brownstone on a case), relish for properly chilled beer (12 bottles a day), reliance on significant small gestures ( a tiny circle traced on a desk top with one finger indicates speechless fury). Wolfe's associates are brightly sketched, notably his slangy, hard-boiled legman Archie Goodwin, whose active role in and narration of Wolfe's Holmesian episodes ties them also to the U.S. tough-guy school of Hammett and Chandler. Even such quirks as Wolfe...
...Fantasticks survives des Jardins' errors through the energy of the rest of the cast. They all have excellent voices, and the group musical numbers, particularly "The Rape Ballet" and "Plant a Radish," are good. The cast seems to relish them, and tries to bring the audience...
...festival incident, related by Goldman with much regret and some relish, has the fascination of all court gossip, from Saint-Simon's time until today. But in the telling Goldman overemphasizes the effects of the intellectuals' disapproval on Johnson's political life. As he sees it, one key to the President's eventual fall from power was his inability to win the confidence of the academic world. This was crucial, Goldman suggests, because intellectuals are now looked up to by what he calls "Metroamericans," the growing group of homogenized, sophisticated, influential peopl.e in and around...
...been amazed by Ike's resilience, were not making any predictions. As in the past, the former President rallied just as the watching world feared the worst. Though his condition remained serious, he managed to down a portion of gelatine for dessert, which doctors said he "ate with relish." For all this, it was evident that the old soldier was waging the biggest battle of his life...
Allan Felix's problem in the play is that no one seems to love him. His wife has just left him. He is too inept to cook even a frozen TV dinner, though he does relish licking it. His best friend (Anthony Roberts) and his best friend's wife (Diane Keaton) round up several miniskirted cuties for him, but nothing happens. Even in his fantasies, girls reject...