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jalopies

Mexicans sat in jalopies in shadows under the trees

—p.182 Nothing Ever Happens Here (181) missing author
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portentous

Throughout March, one portent after another had made the Armenians of north-west Syria apprehensive

—p.164 The Battle for Kessabh (163) missing author
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the growing demand for the processing and disposing of waste

[...] Just over a generation ago, refuse was rarely a problem because families, then largely poor and rural, used and reused everything. As cities have grown, urban support systems have been unable to keep up with the growing demand for the processing and disposing of waste. Most landfills are poor…

—p.115 Traces II (97) missing author
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the sun was dipping down toward the horizon

‘Never mind,’ she said, and sipped her glass of gin, a glass full of silvery ice and magic. The sun was dipping down toward the horizon and as it did the drinkers rose to their feet and moved out toward the dock in ones and twos. Gertrude and Purdy were almost the last ones to follow. They stood wa…

—p.93 The Florida Motel (85) missing author
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he only knew what it meant to be without

For a long time, Douglas had wished that he was the sort of man who could derive pleasure from the thought that Miranda was now with an ugly man. He could tell people that he used to be married to Miranda Shelby, the Wittgenstein scholar, and now she was with an ugly man. But the truth was, he didn…

—p.81 Her Lousy Shoes (69) missing author