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Cassill fails to seduce because cruel gods have ordained that a novelist shall not deal in occult matters in a realistic novel. Realism requires a two-inch sub-flooring, with studding not more than 18 inches apart. Besides, the author is much more adept with the occult...
...pocket champion has yet to be crowned. Verteran observers feel that tonight's match between Boston Shorty and Ronnie Allen will be crucial. The victor should be able to dominate the rest of the one-pocket field. Sentiment runs heavily in favor of Boston's five-foot, two-inch pool wizard, but the hard money makes the unpopular California motor mouth a 7-5 favorite...
...only page of this parody which elicited a sustained laugh from me wasn't supposed to: it was Life's first full-page ad, boasting a two-inch deep, white-on-red Life logo, topped by the words, "A good ribbing?" Down at the bottom, it says, "Let it never be said that Life couldn't appreciate a good ribbing. If that were true, we would never have taken this ad. But now that you've had a few laughs, it's only fair that you also have the opportunity to enjoy the real McCoy...
Quirky Kaleidoscope. In fact, for several years Schickele was part of the claustrophobic avant-garde composing scene, filling out his career in cramped cacophony, two-inch newspaper reviews and tiny auditoriums. Yet he rebelled at the snobbish solemnity of it all, not to mention the coldish obscurity. The problem, he decided, was how to model a contemporary career on the standards of the 18th century-when art ists were also entertainers, composers were also performers, and music was written to please people on specific occasions...
...chuckled a steel-rimmed grad student peering at a two-inch strawberry blown to twice its size by the glass of champagne it floated in. "What...