Word: amber
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...never know what lies trapped within the amber of their skins. My children may never know the silver faces of their father kept deep within change pockets, and this ignorance may be their small curse. I just pray you will always know...
...while yet." Instead of suspense, the emphasis of this novel falls on what it feels like to be alive and aware at a specific historical period, in this case the first six months of 1988. And Drabble's rather disjointed panorama of diverse characters caught in the amber of time produces an eerily convincing sense of life in a technologically advanced society, of the horrors that are reported electronically -- say, from the killing fields of Cambodia -- and those that may erupt immediately down the street or in the next room...
...Everyone really came together this weekend, and it was great to finish the season with a win," Brummond said. "Amber Keasey really came through in the goal and played well this weekend...
...Sophomore Amber Keasey and Katie Maloney really stepped up and did a good job for us in the goal," Coach Nancy Nitardy said. "This is the first year in the goal for both of them, and they both were real solid...
...find. It piles the debris in its den, where it becomes saturated with urine. As the urine evaporates in the dry climate, it crystallizes, gradually enveloping the collection and forming a large, hard clump. Protected from the elements, the pack rat's trophies, like insects entombed in amber, are preserved for millenniums...