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...virtue of having titles that readers-at-large could recognize so that they'd know you had a next book out. I was reading an Edward Gorey cartoon book called The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and his book is a series of pen-and-ink drawings of Victorian children being done in various ways. If you have not read it, it is truly amusing. His book goes, "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who [wasted away]," on down the alphabet. And I thought to myself, "God bless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Mystery Writer Sue Grafton | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...Burglar, Kinsey Milhone is hired to find and get a signature on a minor document. So I know the setup for each book, and when I move to the next in the series, whatever that may be, I go back and review what I've done and figure out a way to come up with a story that is not a duplicate of something I've already done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Mystery Writer Sue Grafton | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...Rasmussen survey, that's a concept that only one-third of Americans support. Nor did he say how much the new programs would cost. He gave few details of how they would be paid for, and he never explained when the plan would go into effect. As he has done in the past, the President is leaving most of those details to Democrats in Congress, who are likely to split up his requests into separate measures over the coming months. Obama wants about $50 billion in new spending on roads and bridges, new tax incentives for small-business hiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recovery Insurance | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...part of a step-by-step progression toward peace. Working with special envoy Tony Blair and the private sector, the U.S. could again help build economic institutions, learning and job centers, industrial free-trade zones and youth programs. It would not require a lot of money; it could be done by enlisting American corporations and organizations in public-private partnerships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Holy Land, Resetting U.S. Mideast Policy | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...Read "Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anger Mounts in Germany Over Its Afghan Air Strike | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

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