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Later in the skit, the analyst was shown going home and "sleeping" with the apparel industry on a mattress PSLM members placed outside the Science Center...
...during World War II. Though the narrative is as vagrant as Snow Falling on Cedars was rooted, Guterson's gift for spinning atmospheric spells has not deserted him, and moment after moment flashes into life with the quick vividness of a photograph: the men in war going out "in mattress covers sewn into snow tunics and in creepers made of tightly knotted rope," the young couple romancing as "the apples hung heavy in the late-day sun, the leaves stirred in the wind." The danger in such textured simplicity, though, is that the book can seem not quite spare enough...
...Twin mattress: $107 from 1-800-MATTRESS...
SWEET DREAMS The new Dual Support System on Sealy's posh Posturepedic Crown Jewel bed sounds dreamy: longer mattress coils, with 40% more steel, cradle the body and provide firm support. And the compact, 4-in.-tall box spring (7.5 in. is standard) is made of reinforced fiberglass for better shock absorption. But the $1,000 to $3,000 price for a queen set could easily ruin your reverie...
...fund to be invested in the stock market, so that some of our Social Security dollars could earn as much as those in our mutual funds. (Now invested in Treasury bonds, the money earns from 4% to 5% a year--only a bit better than shoving it under a mattress...