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...pretty mots all in a row," and obviously takes care to produce affecting sentences. Unfortunately, his sometimes clever phrases usually detract from the overall quality of the work. Entire paragraphs are sometimes included just for the sake of one pun. Some sentences read like Delbanco took a thesaurus and looked up a longer synonym for any word under six letters...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Murphy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Not Like That Book by Nabokov: 'Scores' Less of a Draw, More a Loss | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

Microsoft Bookshelf This handy reference guide puts a dictionary, thesaurus, almanac, atlas, quotation book and Internet directory a mere mouse click away. ($54.95; Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOFTWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...thesaurus, the two terms are listed as synonyms. But the courts have drawn quite a distinction between them. Most hard-core pornography falls into the category of obscenity, and there is a long legal tradition of regulating this material according to community standards...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: tech TALK | 2/16/1996 | See Source »

...collection of leaky pens, dripping brushes and splattering paints you never have to clean up. Children ages 10 and older can create their own newspaper with programs such as Student Writing Center from the Learning Company, a do-it-yourself word processor that gives kids a 660,000-word thesaurus, 120 pictures and numerous type fonts. All told, the kidware industry now offers nearly 1,000 programs. Among the most popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Babes in Byteland | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

...Know how to use a thesaurus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Multitudinous Rs | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

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