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Because of the nature of my own work, I read little fiction and write virtually none, though a few years ago I did win first prize in England for a short story: the first prize was a dinner for two at a country restaurant I shall not identify; I have a feeling that the second prize was a dinner for four at the same restaurant, but that did nothing to diminish my elation at having won.
Pandaphilia turned the Washington Post into the zoo's own propaganda rag.
Though there are fixed telescopes here, having your own binoculars is a boon to really take in the detail.
Congressional Democrats and the Clinton administration, sensing a political hazard, have piled on with their own expressions of outrage and calls for reform.
When heavy smokers get lung cancer, they are sometimes seen as having contributed to their own fates.