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...Billy isn’t hunched over, pushing around cartons of glass cups, or standing outside on a cigarette break, he drifts about the dining hall with eyes languorously half-shut...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Off Harvard Time | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

From page 23 of McCafferty’s first novel: “He’s got dusty reddish dreads that a girl could never run her hands through. His eyes are always half-shut. His lips are usually curled in a semi-smile, like he’s in on a big joke that’s being played on you but you don’t know...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Examples of Similar Passages Between Viswanathan's Book and McCafferty's Two Novels | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

From page 23 of McCafferty’s first novel: “He’s got dusty reddish dreads that a girl could never run her hands through. His eyes are always half-shut. His lips are usually curled in a semi-smile, like he’s in on a big joke that’s being played on you but you don’t know...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sophomore’s New Book Contains Passages Strikingly Similar to 2001 Novel | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...feet away, another woman clad from head to toe in black leather sways with eyes half-shut...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 2/4/1998 | See Source »

...next day at breakfast my roommate entered the dining hall, sat down next to me, stared blankly through half-shut eyes and announced, "I was up until seven." Moments later, he had soaked his Frosted Flakes with Salada...

Author: By Richard A. Primus, | Title: Are You Tired? I'm Tired. | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

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