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The Immortals
… then, to their horror, he told them. He had temporarily become another person. An insufferable person, he later … friends, not since college. But still … When your ex-wife dies—when she is decapitated —wouldn’t someone do the … him—a boxy suitcase about the length and width of a briefcase but much deeper. Inside was a variety of cleaning …
The Swallow
… other mornings he goes away fishing in his boat and doesn’t come back here until late at night.” She turned and glanced … “People around here say you’re a witch.” “I have a few remedies for sore throats and fever and warts,” she admitted. … blacker! Fall in your own snares, rot in your own jails, die of your own bullets, bleed—” With the abruptness of …
Biography and the Human Spirit
… $3.00. Brawiy Wychcrlcy, Pirst Master of English Modern Comedy. By Willard Connely. New York: Charles Scribner’s … drab realities of average living until it has lost its audience through its own dullness. A tale which used to open … grades in the school of life. But one has noticed also and very often that those who attempt to attend the …
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Disney’s Snow White at 75
… projected picture. It is the collective energy of a live audience. But it paled in comparison to the … Reade, this is the audience who mostly filled the theater’s 268 seats. When it came to children under three feet tall, … onscreen presence with respect to the character’s age. He points out that, at the start of the Grimm story, Snow White …
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Good for You
… I’m approaching middle age, that having older friends is a comfort in part because it reveals, concretely, how long a life can forestall death. The … “I don’t understand. Explain what you mean.” There are studies to support the claim that siblings are good for …
Smashing the Light
… It has run one-way north at least 15 years. No one comes south on Altar Street to turn onto Harriet Avenue; no … he just walked out the side door.” “I hate those half-nudie pajamas,” Jerry chirped. “I mean, I’d rather show them … distant, such as his own room back home. But Buddy points a finger at Cheerful and as he begins to say these …
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