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...stories she actually neglects the players. Flesh fades before wordplay as he, elegant in his tweed coat and paisley scarf, embraces her, a slob in worn corduroys and ratty sweater, on the way to the frowsy couch in Billy's study. Readers can scarcely hear Billy's battered loafers thud to the floor for the detonations of insights and definitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love Letters Another Marvelous Thing | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

With a resounding thud, it dents the roof of a white Chevrolet Celebrity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Payne Park Not Quite the Bigs | 4/8/1986 | See Source »

...much background noise--like the pounding of the surf, or the whine of a chainsaw. The only bits of excitement were the occasional long periods of silence, each one of which caused me to look up from my notes, half-expecting it to be followed by a dull thud and a cry for oxygen or a taxidermist...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Professing Some Hatred | 3/11/1986 | See Source »

...House extends the Government's debt ceiling for a mere five days. Moreover, to show that House Democrats too are serious about deficit reduction, they pass their own proposal on spending cuts tied to economic growth. The bill is tossed back to the Senate, where it lands with a thud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stalemate: A budget standoff in Congress | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...this movie is definitely not, as one Boston critic put it, too weird for words. The comedy of Coca-Cola Kid is akin to that of Bill Forsyth, odd and ethnic, but not inaccessible by any means. In contrast to the supposed Oscar heavy-weights that have gone thud this fall, The Coca-Cola Kid doesn't take itself or anyone else too seriously. Even the apocalyptic closing caption is delivered with a cheerful chirp. So, yes, this Coke...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: Absurd But True | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

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