"Fludd" begins with a scabrous description of Featherhoughton, a 1950's factory town of cold-water taps, shared backyard privies, mean brick facades and meaner neighbors.
You'll notice that each house has just one bedroom and one living area, with no running water, so all the families living in them would share an outdoor privy.
Because of Australia's close alliance with the United States, and the high degree of shared intelligence, Mr. White was privy to America's secrets during his time in government.
A mischievous smile formed on his face, as if Pellegrini had shared a secret no one else was privy to.
Mixed Views on Abhisit's performance 3. (C) Privy Councilor Chair GEN Prem shared his assessments of PM Abhisit, the Crown Prince's relationship with Thaksin, and difficulties dealing with Cambodia/Hun Sen with Ambassador over lunch January 13.
In such a situation the patient plays a great role in determining those elements of his/her history that will be shared with new doctors, particularly those not privy to their existing records.
Most of the characters have tortuous shared histories and secrets to which we are privy, so the most mundane event — like a little boy studying a gecko — reminds us of hugely significant incidents in the past.
I was hurt, disgusted, sad, angry and a whole host of emotions, as I stayed privy to the case's developments, shared articles, wrote statuses, etc.
Of course, it was a past I was not privy to but somehow it became something we shared.
There was a language, shared over web-streams and Foster's, that I wasn't privy to a common tongue of rivalry, allegiance, and collective memory.
