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...have much in common with Dakin's, the black and white drawings are done directly in ink. This gives them a loose and spontaneous feel. Abe looks like a doodle of a scrawny nerd who lives in a scribbley universe. But a spontaneous execution should not be confused with careless content. Dakin organizes his pieces so that each panel has a thought accompanied by an illustrative picture. Sometimes they are literal and sometimes more expressionist, but they are always in service to the words, giving Dakin's work a more literary feel...
Even if the University is successful in preventing students from keeping fire hazards in their rooms, Lt. Barry Lynde of the Cambridge Fire Department said fires often start simply because students are “careless,” even with items that are permitted in the Houses...
...Temba Tsheri Last year, Tsheri, then 15, was within 50 m of the world's highest point, the summit of Mount Everest. Weather forced him to retreat, and a careless mistake - removing his gloves to tie his boots - led to frostbite that cost him five fingers. Most kids might have stuck to their Game Boy after that, but on May 23, Tsheri became the youngest person to stand atop Everest. For an encore, the 16-year-old Nepali says, "I am going to concentrate on my studies...
...thought we had the early edge, but they responded well and capitalized on our mistakes,” he said. “We were careless with our passes. We just made too many mistakes. We beat them up there. They were prepared...
While the social commentary forms a significant part of the novel, Look At Me functions best as a purely literary work, thanks in large part to Egan’s remarkable narrative skill. Egan mixes flashbacks, stream of consciousness narratives and intellectual diatribes with careless ease to create a fitfully paced, engaging narrative that gradually builds in power. Her descriptions are precise and highly evocative. Charlotte details the reawakening of her memory: “The boredom and stasis of my present circumstances were driving me to retrospect in the desultory way that a person cooped...