chaperone

• “But really ... er ... you know a chaperone is a necessary evil," he objected.”

  The Logic of Youth

• “Rebecca: The chaperone is there for both the patient and the doctor.”

  Performing the Pelvic Exam

• “The presence of a chaperone was a smack in the face to the American gentleman: were they not be trusted?”

  La Jeune fille à marier | Edwardian Promenade

• “Thank you for this painting in particular, where people were apparently offended that the so-called chaperone was asleep.”

  Abraham Solomon - First Class

• “It will recommend easing a so-called chaperone rule requiring an overseas broker to involve a U.S. broker when soliciting U.S. investors to buy or sell securities listed overseas, a person familiar with the matter said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: SEC to Propose Easing Curbs

• “He did though, and lugged me along for a chaperone, which is some out of my line.”

  Shorty McCabe

• “The chaperone was the first to be hypnotised, and the dream, she said, was wonderful, when she came to again.”

  Tales of Space and Time

• “The insistence on the second-class category for all women, the ridiculous arrangements whereby any female, including a widow is not allowed to even drive herself or evn be in the company of an unmarried man without a male family member as a chaperone is the single largest obstacle to progress in Saudi Arabia.”

  A Tangled Web

• “When Bill Clinton was elected, Bob Dole, then the Senate G.O.P. leader, declared himself the "chaperone" of the new president's honeymoon.”

  Stop the Presses: Republican Lawmakers Oppose Democratic President

• “Mr. Manuel was assigned to "chaperone" Mr. Zuma and other top ANC officials who had sneaked into the country ahead of planned negotiations with the apartheid government, according to a biography of Mr. Manuel.”

  The Wall Street Journal: South Africa's Delicate Dance

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