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chthonic

the chthonic imagery of Norine's apartment

—p.171 by Mary McCarthy
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frowsty

she felt a kind of sympathy for the big frowsty girl

—p.158 by Mary McCarthy
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sop

But Harald's view of life is too blackly logical to give them that sop.

—p.123 by Mary McCarthy
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he had explained technocracy to Dottie

Last night, he had explained technocracy to Dottie, to show her there was nothing to fear from the future, if it was managed with scientific intelligence. In an economy of plenty and leisure, which the machine had already made feasible, everybody would only have to work a few hours a day. It was th…

—p.76 by Mary McCarthy
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saturnine

And the way he was always serious with her, not mocking and saturnine, even when they disagreed about art.

—p.53 by Mary McCarthy
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