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...individual chapters within these sections begin with detailed individual narratives that are later linked to the broader plot. Though these transitions can at times seem too temporally driven—most of them begin with dates and their corresponding events—they do the trick, and keep the reader hooked in a story with tiny but salient details, such as the physical appearance of a particular reporter, or the layout of the Times’ cafeteria...
...more than a little strange. He lives in an odd mix of the real world—London in 1904—and his own imagination, a combination that Forster masterfully depicts by intercutting shots of Barrie’s London and his fantasy world. This kind of trick has the potential to devolve into a gimmick, but Forster doesn’t overindulge and, as a result, these rare and privileged views into Barrie’s mind remain are fantastical and awe-inspiring...
...tasted the authentic article. The meat in this specimen is not crumbly enough, the onions are too meek, it is too thick and lacking in diameter. For any epicure who hasn’t ventured east of Italy or south of Austria, however, this will do the trick, as it apparently does for the seemingly less-picky emigrants who occupied the lounge on our visit...
When the two parties failed to reach an agreement, “[Harvard] started pursuing every trick they could to kick Kmart out of the store,” the executives told the Globe...
...trick was Corriero’s finest goal of the night. After stealing possession of the puck at center ice, she split two Brown defenders and outraced another past the Brown zone blueline...