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The generic answer is A Time To Be Born (1942)--a dazzling and unsettling evocation of New York City on the verge of World War II, which grabs and holds from Paragraph 1. Still, in many ways, I think Turn, Magic Wheel (1936) is even more perfect--a fleet-footed satire of literary life and celebrity authors (namely Ernest H.), and one of Powell's few "modernist" books.
Aided by his cinematographer, Conrad Hall, and editors, Tariq Anwar and Chris Greenbury, he creates an entrancing vision of the American nuclear family on the verge of a meltdown.
Nearly, a third of Pennsylvania's 15 LSC-funded programs were receiving one year funding because of quality concerns, and at least one was on the verge of receiving no LSC funding.
Critics complain that Los Angeles architect Barton Myers' postmodern building, consisting of concert halls and theaters, looks like a "cineplex" (Mark Swed, the Los Angeles Times ), with interiors that verge on kitsch (examples of overkill: steel rods poking out of ceilings; floors inlaid with colored stones).
Boeing ). The British company that recently won fame for cloning a sheep is reportedly on the verge of deriving human blood plasma from sheep and cows.