Hemingway based two characters on him: Tommy Bradley, the indifferent husband of the promiscuous Helene Bradley in To Have and Have Not, and Francis Macomber, the weak and cowardly safari tourist in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." "Old
Stoneface" was Jane Mason's secret nickname for her husband, reflecting her frustration with his emotional aloofness.
He also notes the parallels between Old
Stoneface and Oliver Cromwell, and the significance of 1688, the year of the Glorious Revolution (195).
LES Fitton silenced the John Lowe fan club with a comprehensive 4-1 victory against Old
Stoneface in the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.
TURCK introduces
Stoneface inductive proximity sensors.
Sampras, who has built a reputation as the unemotional
stoneface of tennis, was so elated that he followed the example of women's winner Venus Williams by clambering up into the stands to embrace his parents, Sam and Georgia, after sealing match-point just before dusk set in.
IVAN LENDL admits even he was caught up in the emotion of the triumph, looking tearful at the end - although the ex-world No.1 nicknamed
Stoneface wouldn't admit he cried with joy.
Stoneface, Vanessa Claire Stewart; dir: Jaimie Robledo.
It famously takes a lot to make the Scot smile in public, and even winning a first grand slam title did not have him beaming from ear to ear, for which he jokingly blamed coach Ivan Lendl, nicknamed
Stoneface for his lack of emotion.
Three-time world champion John 'Old
Stoneface' Lowe, whose biography Mr Waddell wrote, said: "Darts has lost its champion of the commentary box, Sid Waddell, sincere condolences to his family.
The jockey was Old
Stoneface himself Lester Piggott and the trainer was Vincent O'Brien.
Stoneface surveyed the room with scorched-earth eyes, and then closed the door.
Nicknames in darts are nothing new or haven't you heard of 'the Crafty Cockney' (Eric Bristow) or 'Old
Stoneface' (John Lowe) from the 1970s?
A kidpic about a little girl who saves her parents' marriage, "Maya
Stoneface" feels like a haft-hour telefilm extended to feature length.
