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...half and lumbered with a few more plot elements than it needs -- most notably a political feud involving the accused would-be Senator. But the author's characterizations are tough and believable, and his sentences, which tended to wander through purple patches in his first novels, now are spare and efficient. A similar spareness in plotting might have helped matters. What's clear is that after half a dozen books, Patterson is one of the best in the business...
...issues spiritual guidelines, but also to the almost mystical Poland he holds in his heart. Indeed, though the Pope's corner bedroom on the third floor of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace has a view of the baroque wonder of St. Peter's Square, it is almost as spare as a monk's. The room contains a single bed, two straight-backed upholstered chairs, a desk. There is a small carpet near the bed, but otherwise the parquet floor is bare. The walls too are unembellished except for a few souvenirs, mostly icons. But these are eloquent by their very...
...People tell me, "Why don't you go into detox?' I've never drank in my life," Ed A. Springman, homeless for two months, says while selling Spare Change outside of Bay Bank. "[People say] 'Get a job.' This...
...another Spare Change vendor, agrees...
...were to hold out a sign saying 'Spare change for marijuana,' all the people who smoke pot would give me money," Juan says. "If I were to hold out a sign saying 'Donations for a six pack,' all the people who drink beerwould give money...