Word: greyingly
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...multi-colored lion, bulbous-eyed with wagging ears, writhed in between the Chevy coupe and the grey sedan. Blackclad men brandishing machetes whooped in its wake; fireworks resounded like gunshots, until the very sidewalks seemed to throb...
...elderly, frail spinster Jane Marple who remained her favorite detective. Gifted with as many "little grey cells" as Poirot, Miss Marple also possesses an unpretentious village wisdom and homey psychological insight that make her Agatha Christie's alter ego. Although Poirot is gone, Marple survives for at least a while longer An unpublished manuscript in which she too passes on is locked in the Christie vault, along with the ultimate whodunit, Dame Agatha's autobiography By refusing to publish it during her lifetime, Dame Agatha has assured herself one last, suspenseful hurrah...
...lines, there is no longer reason to live. Or to drink tea. The fortunes frequently inspired new hope in a darkening world. Bring back those travesties of the English language, those tiny ambassadors of the American ethos. We need them. Celeste Seasoning, '77 Red Zinger, '77 Earl Grey, '01 Camellia Sinensis, '76 Constance Comment...
...doesn't lie around, grotesquely, like huge lumps of frozen spit, for you to trip over and break your neck. There is a mystique about snow in the South. I think it is because it vanishes so fast. It doesn't stay and harden to annoy you with its grey horror, but leaves, like a good guest, without a trace, so it is sometimes even hard to believe it happened...
...suppose it is at first a matter of choosing different academic courses, or, indeed, of taking a year off, or of assessing the vitality of one's relationships, and groping towards new ones. And, yes, it is a matter of seeking help if all the world seems grey. But while there is an inner, personal struggle which politics can never replace (oppression doesn't just come straight from GM or Washington, but is internalized through primary relationships, and must be uprooted there), there is also a social struggle to build communities which sustain individuals, and for which no amount...