Beautiful Thing

for a husband to win against a wife in his work (see "Lamb to the Slaughter" or "The Way Up to Heaven"). Interesting note: the official Dahl site launched with a typo that referred to the story as "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Cat." Sorta changes things, doesn't it? *grin* Spoiler Warning! Dahl introduces the story by commenting on the ruthless practice of American woman marrying men, using them, and divorcing them just for financial gain. He claims that these poor overworked men meet in bars

"All we are doing is showing images of women we regard as interesting or beautiful or fashionable. "But we are not actually saying you have to be like this." Premier, the London-based model agency which represents supermodels Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, said women who bought fashion magazines featuring thin models were as much to blame as the editors and advertisers who used them. "It is a supply and demand thing - advertisers, magazines and agencies supply the image that consumers

pasts, each character possesses a different emotional relationship to where they came from. They don’t want to go back, they almost hate it, and they fear it. This curious emotion is paired with nostalgia. Nobody can just leave and forget the good things, even if they were few and far between. This battle within themselves defines their situation. Each character left their native land to create a different life for themselves. The past is not something that they want in their present. The people in

Nobody can know that. Except me. By thinking of it definitely, I agree. Yes! I remember! His face is looking at me at least twice a day. Oh my god. What a secretive little thing. Maybe I am simple-minded, but he needs my help. Poor man… I have pity of him. Come on Effy, gather your’s courage! Get him spend the two beautiful weeks of his life. (cries hahahaha ) I don’t care of Jack now! Scene III: Effy & Karl - So….? - So we go. - Where? - We have a long road from

garden-party (page 243), there are many servants in the house, and four men are working there for the day ; moreover, the house itself seems to be very large : there are many rooms, a porch, a veranda, and to conclude there is a beautiful garden with hundreds of beautiful roses, karaka trees, a tennis court, etc. The Sheridans obviously belong to the upper-class. The children are well-bred, good manners were taught to them, they know how to behave : page 238 we read : « Laura’s upbringing made her

would begin to twitch. It was nothing much - just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye, like a secret wink - but the annoying thing was that it refused to disappear until an hour or so after the train or plane or whatever it was had been safely caught. It was really extraordinary how in certain people a simple apprehension about a thing like catching a train can grow into a serious obsession. At least half an hour before it was time to leave the house for the station, Mrs Foster

dominions with his brother Schahzeman. Indeed, after ten years, during which this state of things had not ceased to trouble him, Schahriar cut off the country of Great Tartary from the Persian Empire and made his brother king. Now the Sultan Schahriar had a wife whom he loved more than all the world, and his greatest happiness was to surround her with splendour, and to give her the finest dresses and the most beautiful jewels. It was therefore with the deepest shame and sorrow that he accidentally discovered

inherited a few hundred pounds. What will you do with the money?   Vous venez d'hériter de quelques centaines de Livres. Qu'allez-vous faire de cet argent? What are your plans for the future?   Quels sont vos projets dans l'avenir? What's the first thing you would do if you became President/Prime Minister tomorrow?   Quelle est la première chose que vous feriez si vous deveniez Premier Ministre demain?   | | TRAVELS Do you enjoy travelling?  Where to?  Why?   Est-ce que vous aimez voyager

life's worthwhile!" "Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life." ~Thomas Jefferson~ "You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love." ~Henry Drummond~ "Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world." "Instead of pointing a finger, we should hold out our hand." "Kindness is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others." "They say nothing

millions inhabitants. There are two official languages in the Republic of Ireland : the english and the irish, but the english still the language the most spoken. More generally, Ireland is famous for its lakes (especially the Connemara one), its beautiful landscapes and its old wisky. That attracts a lot of tourists every year. In the first part, we will focus on the Relationship between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, then in a second part, we will present the Irish economical crisis