Houdyshell is a capacious woman, whose size may stem, in part, from the fact that her character is laden, in Michael Stewart's book, with every castrating-Jewish-mother stereotype known to man.
Her fabric-covered purse was reasonably priced and sized: capacious enough to hold since-antiquated items like a Motorola StarTAC phone and a copy of Mademoiselle magazine, for which Ms. Spade had worked as an accessories editor, but small enough to be cute and ladylike (unlike the hardware-laden monstrosities that would follow a decade later).
The title role here belongs to Paul Hilton, a lanky actor who is very much at home with the internal torments of, say, Ibsen and at studio-size theaters (the Donmar or Almeida) a fraction the size of the capacious Globe.
"It remains to be seen," goes the fashion forecast, "how many soufflé-size toques and capacious Elmer Fudd trapper hats will be worn".
While it remains to be seen how many soufflé-size toques and capacious Elmer Fudd trapper hats will actually materialize on the streets this winter, one thing is certain: people will be walking a little closer to the ground.
Accompanying the posting were images of the twin-engine jet in its hangar and close-ups of some of its amenities — capacious cushioned seats, a king-size bed and an expansive commode with what appeared to be a marble-topped washstand next to it.
The case is capacious (35 litres for the cabin size), strong and has quiet, butter-smooth wheels.
You'll need little packing space to reap big benefits from a detangling mini-brush with a snap-on cover; a vest that air-conditions your dog by using evaporative cooling; a comfy backpack that compresses to the size of a lemon; and a capacious water bottle that rolls up to pocket-size.
A story has so much less time to accomplish its thematic work that the temptation to deploy an italicized moral is usually greater than in the more capacious novel; yet MacLeod betrays a certain anxiety about the size of this new expanse he has to govern, and he winds up policing some of its pages with a needlessly heavy hand.
In addition to its size (Pomegranate is the largest all-kosher market in the city, Mr. Gold said), the capacious parking lot with valet parking is attractive to shoppers with large families.
