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...noir with a double whammy or triple-cross on every other page. Which is fine for a leisurely read, but at 24 frames a second--movie speed--that can cause whiplash. Not to mention total incomprehension. Plus the book had some gnarly violence, and it took place mostly in strip clubs. If the MPAA rated books, that one would have been...
...1970s, wildcatters flocked to places like Idaho, the Dakotas and Appalachia, but left the big plays to the majors. Oil exploration had moved into the open ocean, and the high costs shut out most independents. But while other wildcatters became investors or consultants or began specializing in "strip wells" that draw oil out from nearly depleted wells, Van Dyke decided to go for broke, launching a bid to become an international deepwater wildcatter in the North Sea in 1973. The gamble paid off with another modest find--60 million bbl. off the coast of the Netherlands--and allowed Van Dyke...
...almost made again by Bulldog players during the second overtime. Quarterback Liam O’Hagan’s would-be touchdown pass fell short of his intended receiver—just short enough for a Yale defender to intercept it in the endzone. Two plays later, though, a strip by defensive end Brad Bagdis and the ensuing recovery by linebacker Matt Thomas kept Yale on the sidelines for the time being...
...second later, you see the regret. We’re just creatures with all these feelings.”Further perverting the purity of this persona is Charlie’s choice of hang outs. In particular, he seems to spend almost all of his time inhabiting strip clubs and doused in alcohol. “Why someone would spend Christmas Eve at a strip club in Wichita is a philosophically open question,” he says. “How did we end up in this sexual bus stop in purgatory?”But glimmers...
...Then, there are times when she tries to strip away the jargon and describe the way ordinary people are affected by a problem. ?She wants to make a lot of these issues a little less antiseptic,? says a State Department official traveling with...