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… sexual. She has no idea how long he has been staring. The audience for the lecture is arranged in a horseshoe around the … handsome man. The speaker continues to drone facts, to make points, to pose rhetorical questions. When the demonstration … on the bureau. He walks over to them and examines her briefcase, slim, expensive, of black leather with brass …
A Liberal Looks at Tradition
… or that it does not have its roots in the revolt against medieval authority. A movement so triumphant as that which has … century, the period of its triumph. Actually, there was comparatively little challenge of the progressivist movement … one cannot accept those views, one can only try to show the points at which belief balks. It is not a question of what …
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Smother
… many years. Maybe the man who claimed to be her father has died. Maybe it’s her mother who continues to send checks, … Only if necessary. If desperate, Alva will accept: meals, winter clothing, places to stay. (Alva never stays in … from the post office box. Opens it, tosses aside the accompanying letter, keeps only the check made out to Alva …
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Digging Up the Truth About Bram Stoker
… who nonetheless has its lone chart-topper play on the oldies station constantly.  Dracula remains ubiquitous and has … Dracula — mostly for chills and thrills, you might come away feeling like you’ve been cheated somewhat, that … It’s a ghostly invocation of a former family dynamic. It’s also further proof that quiet Stoker is often efficient …
This Fog
… for help, still, after two thousand years. So, by the compass, I’m going to have to save myself, Believe in my …
A Rope in the Offing
… among my souveni-i-i-irs— a watchband crafted of metals snipped from a derelict enemy fighter, nifty salt and … has the threaded characters on the canvas. Perhaps the soldier’s wife had stitched his name. I know that part of his … would be willing to button his shelter half to mine for a complete tent, when Doc Stroud came panting up to me. Doc …
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