Word: backyarders
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...rich, controlled voice that can come only from long effort, which doesn't show ostentatiously on the page. Like History, it's a murder mystery in which the mystery is secondary. Twelve years before the novel begins, Harriet's 9-year-old brother Robin was found hanged in the backyard. Harriet's family--social pillars who have lost their wealth but not their hauteur--have not healed well. Her father has abandoned the family; her mother has checked out emotionally, leaving Harriet's rearing to the maid and the Alexandria, Miss., library, whose blackhearted adventure tales--Stevenson's pirates, Kipling...
Just say no to melons. that's what pope PAUL II might do, if he had a second chance. He learned firsthand about indulging in the pleasures of a certain kind of flesh. On a hot summer afternoon in 1471, His Holiness was reportedly lounging in the Vatican's backyard, enjoying the sun, the fresh air and some refreshing slices of melon. Then he died. The reputed cause: apoplexy, induced by overconsumption of iced Cucumis melo. Since practically the day human beings first walked the earth, we've had trouble turning down fruit, and by 1800 the Western world...
Roosa said all parties have been held only downstairs or in the backyard, as opposed to last year, when parties were frequently held upstairs...
Maasdorp’s 12-year-old sister, Nicola, continues the family tradition, urging her elders to join her in friendly backyard competition...
...We’ve been puttering around since we were little, playing rugby and hockey in the backyard,” Shelley said...