Mr Blair presented his policy in a speech at St Thomas' hospital, beneath a pair of portraits of matronly women.

ECONOMIST: There's more than nit-picking in the argument over choice

Wilcox is a restaurant owner with an earnest, matronly air.

NEWYORKER: Sheriff Joe

We meet Mr. Worthington's Nick Cassidy as he emerges from the subway at Sixth Avenue, crosses a city abuzz with anonymous life, checks into a room at the matronly Roosevelt Hotel and eats the greater part of a mediocre meal.

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