Word: browning
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...copies. (A new one, its title and subject matter still unannounced, is slated for publication in December.) Crichton was never a literary stylist, but his skills as a storyteller were enormous. His plots have a crystalline perfection that has been much-copied, by The Da Vinci Code's Dan Brown among many others, and his sense of pacing and his ability to weave diverse plot strands into an elegant braided whole are virtually unmatched. His oeuvre is among the most-filmed of any author in history...
...marched through the hilly streets to city hall to cast early votes. Voters sang songs as they marched, waving banners that implored onlookers "Don't Wait 'Til the Battle's Over - Vote Now" and wearing inspirational T shirts. One of the leaders in this march was the Rev. Amos Brown, pastor of Third Baptist Church in San Francisco. He said his church was founded in 1852, the year Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. "For us to come together in 2008 and lead other churches to city hall to vote after a Sunday worship service...
...places. He wore a kufi of African mudcloth design and a watch chain dangled from his trouser pocket. He had a hike of a mile and a half still ahead of him. "People walk further than that to vote in other countries - Americans are too soft," said Harry E. Brown. On the other hand, "the only reason I'd walk this far," he added, was for Barack Obama. "It's not because of the color of his skin - it's because of the change he will bring to America and bailing us out of this mess...
...Brown said he lived in Jackson, Miss., in the 1950s and '60s. ""So I know what prejudice is. I rode in buses when the blacks had to stand in the back. I drank at water fountains that said 'Coloreds.' You couldn't eat at the restaurants. You had to get your meals in a brown paper sack at the back door." An African-American in the White House "is long overdue," Brown said, "and I just pray that America is willing to accept it and not eliminate...
Eventually, Brown's wife drove up the avenue after completing her morning mission: delivering wheelchairs to precincts where exhausted and disabled voters might need them. Brown loaded his chair into the car and climbed aboard. His journey was, in the end, faster than he had expected. - By Karen Ball / Kansas City...