Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Elwell's story isn't strictly a "natural unnatural" type since it rests on a flimsy device a dream which the reader will immediately suspect. The "it was all a dream" explanation has long outlived its usefulness to authors and it leaves one extremely unsatisfied with the feeling of having been duped...
...scan very quickly. I can usually tell in ten minutes if they're worth reviewing. For a review, I read very, very slowly. It's one thing to read for simple enjoyment; it's quite another thing to read for style, meat and accuracy. That isn't to say that I don't enjoy reading the books I review. It's not carefree reading...
...John eluded him. No siren alerted the village to the escape: the Ministry of Health does not believe in such devices. Soon afterward the lunatic, clad in a dapper pinstripe, was happily rubbing elbows with window shoppers in the village of Crowthorne. "It's a lovely afternoon, isn't it?" he said politely to one of them...
Sternberg as if it mattered. Sample bit of dialogue as Mitchum ogles Jane. She: "Enjoy the view?" He: "It isn't the Taj Mahal or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon...
...Isn't this fascinating," said the little old Cambridge lady, as she sipped her tea at the opening of the new International Student Center. "Where do you come from, young...