Word: armchair
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...dominate long passages of the novel; when Asimov is not onstage, other characters are talking about him. This amiable megalomania often shoves suspense well into the background. Murder at the ABA, published in 1976, will not keep readers on the edge of their seats; it is a well-worn armchair, overstuffed, shaky at the joints, but a comfortable place...
...grabs the arm of the teacher next to her as she stares at the sky. For it really seems that the skin of the dome has been silently folded back to reveal the universe. There is the illusion of floating weightlessly out into space, secure in one's armchair, to join the nearest shining astral bodies, 25 trillion miles away...
Because I'm not writing a thesis, all that is left for me to do is to provide a comprehensive listing of all the sporting events in the immediate vicinity, and keep armchair quarterbacks informed of the times at which your televisions will unleash "games of the week," or regional telecasts...
Cancel all reservations for airline flights, select a reliable four-engine armchair and take off: "The Gremlin's Castle was trembling in an incipient stall ... Almost directly ahead stood the Taj Mahal ... We were obviously going to knock it down ... Desperate in the seconds remaining, I made a wild decision. I doubted if anyone had ever tried it in a C87 ... 'Hogarty!' I yelled. 'Give me full flaps...
Stirred by dramatic TV shots of derring-do afield, badgered by friends, family and physicians to stop smoking and start shaping up, armchair athletes all over America in far greater numbers than before are becoming the weekend warriors of sport. But the years, and the gin and the weed and the encroaching flab, have taken their toll. The net result can be painful, and sometimes lethal...