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Such calculated shock tactics seem qualitatively different from the methods of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Treasure Island or even the horror stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Classical children's literature is full of overt and implicit terrors because some gifted authors could remember and portray a child's view, those feelings of awe, uncertainty and fear inspired by the world outside. Fright requires no invention; conquering it through language does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carnage: An Open Book | 8/2/1993 | See Source »

...many people, the word croquet triggers the image of the comical game played by the Queen of Hearts and Alice in the Disney film Alice in Wonderland...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Croquet National Champions For The Second Straight Year | 5/5/1993 | See Source »

After his time at the Berkeley School of Music, he joined Lionel Hampton's big-band in New York. "It was like wonderland," Jones said. Jones told the audience that he and his friends often appeared at the back doors of big-name concerts with their leather trumpet cases in hand, to get in free...

Author: By Bryan D. Garsten, | Title: Quincy Jones Talks to Crowd | 3/12/1993 | See Source »

...fact, northern Michigan is a year-round vacation wonderland--the Midwest's version of Hilton Head in the summer and Vail in the winter...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ski Michigan for Short Slopes, Short Lines | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

...discover local attractions like Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in historic Frankenmuth--the only store I know of that celebrates Christmas 365 days a year...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ski Michigan for Short Slopes, Short Lines | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

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