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...fascination for Poe's duplicitous frame device in "A. Gordon Pym" -- which insists that the story you're reading is an account of actual events submitted to Poe -- is reflected in several of his own short stories, including the marvellously titled "Heavy Put-Away, or a Hustle Not Wholly Devoid of a Certain Grossness, Granted," found in this collection. An account of a mean prank worthy of Flannery O'Connor at her darkest, "Heavy" is one of Southern's most pointed comments about human nature, and a perfect example of his crisp, succinct approach to writing (one can think...
...Restricted funds can thus be difficult to spend if their stated purpose does not match the University’s needs. While some University programs are devoid of funding, these unspent funds sit idle, lining the University’s coffers...
...role that made him famous was a monster devoid of social skills or talent...
...good job as speaker of the Assembly. But some voters still wonder whether he's up for the mayoral job. Los Angeles has had a Latino mayor before, but it was 130 years ago. This has not been a race about Latino politics; it's been devoid of discussion about racial politics. After having had a black mayor in the 70s and 80s, when blacks were a small percentage of the population, Los Angeles voters proved that race was not a pivotal factor for them. If Villaraigosa loses today, it's less likely to be because voters don't want...
...where he worked with Benjamin Franklin and later Thomas Jefferson. They were both more polished and popular than Adams--and certainly less Puritan in their approach to the pleasures of Paris. After the war Adams became America's first ambassador to England, where he again proved stiffly reliable but devoid of the courtiers' charms that counted for so much in the world of European diplomacy...