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In the preface to the first volume of that great dictionary, Murray thanked Hall expansively for his voluntary and gratuitous service: Those who are familiar with the pages of his Modern English , his English Adjectives in -able [1877], and his numerous articles and papers on special points of English, know with what an amazing wealth of evidence the author illustrates the history of every word, idiom, or grammatical usage, upon which he touches.
Occasionally, Zemeckis stops nodding off and sprinkles in some flashy Gumpian touches.
Everything he touches turns into diamonds; he gets to steal his best friend's girlfriend but retain the moral upper hand; everyone, even strangers, watches out for his happiness.
If for no other reason, it has provided an excuse to escape for a day the pressure--cooker atmosphere associated with putting the finishing touches on a major rate case decision.
The Western Garden is full of fine touches: an imaginative rock garden, a dragon wall, a children’s maze, and a bottle-shaped lake for an imperial stone houseboat.