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Nicole’s fiancé Marcus was black too
But Nicole couldn’t explain, not even to Ruby, who was her …
Potterstown was as much museum as city
Potterstown had yet to recover from the departure of IBM, o…
jokes by people other than himself
“It’s not that,” said Milo irritably. (Jokes by people othe…
he also didn’t like gay people
She might once have had other aspirations, but her life had…
they just built a new one next door
He walked by a largely abandoned shopping center from the 1…
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louche »
disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing w…
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bilious »
(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-nat…
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stentorian »
(adjective) extremely loud
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meretricious »
(adjective) of or relating to a prostitute; havin…
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[...] The spring of his sophomore year, he began to read fr…
[...] People instinctively wanted her approval. Between thi…
Nate felt not only glad but vindicated, as if a long-runnin…
Nate remembered something else: the belief that success was…
[...] He had wondered if everybody took the quality they ha…