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...youngest, has that little problem with the husband she shot wisely but not well. Meg tells cheerful lies to Old Grandaddy and worries later that when he finds out the truth, he will lapse into a coma. Babe and Lenny laugh so hard at this that they can hardly spit out the words to tell her that Grandaddy, who has just had another stroke--"Oh, stop! Please! Ha, ha, ha!"--already is in a coma...
This was real. And it perforce gave me the kindof emotional distance from life here thatclassmates, I suppose luckily for them, did nothave. The Crimson, which can chew up and spit outless sturdy sorts, became a wonderful distraction,where the daily crises served as an easy escapefrom truly important matters. I forced myself toenjoy parties, drinking, and the other trappingsof fellowship that function as an easy alternativeto true human interaction...
Quickly, the new deputy proved himself the fastest ball-point pen around; his pad spit tickets like bullets. "I was the only guy writing tickets," he remembers. "When I'd see somebody fighting, I'd arrest them. It looked to me like there was this look-the-other-way deal going on. The officers would spend a couple of hours in the coffee shops, then a couple of hours with friends, then back to the coffee shops. This place was wide open...
Immediately before Rosales was to speak,Kashani said he saw a student "collecting spit inhis mouth" for the purpose of spitting it atRosales. Kashani said he pointed the camera at himand said, "Just swallow." The student "swallowedand smiled," Kashani said...
...grew up in Salem, Ohio, not having much save a spit-in-your-eye disposition. She attended a high school that strove to provide a calling, as well as an education. From a rack of meager choices, she selected a clothing major, and when she was a junior she won the local, state and national make- it-yourself-with-wool contest with a suit symmetrically superior to the competition...