Word: tomes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...used to be that a pile of paperbacks was assigned reading for an English course, a sourcebook contained most of the articles needed for a Core class in historical study and a 900-page tome was the only way to wade through introductory physics or biology...
MARCIA CLARK Mediocre prosecutor yields mediocre tome: $4 million for a self-promoting take...
Recently, two major proposals for Core reform have come out, one written by a Faculty-student committee headed by University Professor Sidney Verba, the other by three undergraduates and endorsed by the Undergraduate Council. The two reports have little in common. For example, the Verba tome weighs in at over 60 pages versus a pithy eight for the council-endorsed paper. Also, the undergraduate report seeks major adjustment to the Core, whereas the Verba report calls for almost no extensive change. Significantly, the one major modification proposed in the Verba report is also present in the council report: the addition...
Despite the ominous and sometimes horrific mood of Gorey's work, the reader who first comes upon a Gorey tome is likely to be startled, confused and hysterically overcome with laughter. The tales are genuinely hilarious, featuring an eclectic mix of Victorian mannerisms, macabre comedy and blunt inexplicability. The pictures, done in crosshatched ink, are typically accompanied by a simple, hand-written, declarative sentence or sometimes just a word...
...Dole is behind in the polls--and trailing at the bookstores. Clinton's election-season tome quickly turned into a best seller. Not so for Dole's brief treatise (158 pages), which was co-written with his famously verbose running mate. If the election was decided at the cash register, Dole and Clinton would be also-rans to General Colin Powell, who has achieved the equivalent of a literary landslide (2.6 million copies in print) with his pre-election teaser. And what of that other man of letters, Ross Perot? He's rushing his "me too" autobiography to bookshelves this...