Word: perfective
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...were very young, they looked like men." The clubs are real, but the characters don't invoke the names of champions of the era: there are no excruciating pleas to "Stop Reddy" or "Thump Sterling." Sprawling Henson Park, frozen in time on the fringe of the CBD, is the perfect venue. Spring rolls are the fare of choice at board meetings. The swearing is relentless. Grub mopes about in what looks like an Exacto windcheater...
...combination of content-hungry fans, amateur writers with arguably too much time on their hands, and the Internet as the perfect distribution medium has led to this new Internet phenomenon...
...other equally important stuff to do. She was a visible political agitator, visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War, rallying antinuke protesters, and handing out antiwar leaflets on her Greenwich Village street corner. Among the first writers to celebrate the lives of ordinary mothers and wives--with her pitch-perfect ear for the Yiddish-tinged dialogue she grew up with in New York City--Paley won critical raves, the prestigious Rea award and a cult following...
...perfect summer day in Iowa, it is almost possible to believe that John Edwards' presidential campaign is right on track. At stop after stop on his mid-August bus tour, the pretty small-town squares fill with voters who say they feel a strong attachment to the former Senator from North Carolina. They relate to his rural Southern style. They agree with his argument that Washington insiders have twisted the system to rip off people like them. They don't care how much he pays for his haircuts. And they plan to caucus...
...That's right," he concedes. Then he adds, optimistically, "But the differences between us are clear." That may be true in a union hall in Ottumwa at the end of a perfect summer day. But for much of the rest of the country, John Edwards hasn't yet managed to cast that spell...