Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...first book, a collection of 13 short stories, Walter Kirn demonstrates a flair for opening sentences. He understands the allure of the odd: "The whole way down to Phoenix in the car, my job was to tranquilize the dog." He knows firearms are likely to arouse interest: "Luckily, I had a gun hidden away." And he senses that puzzlements invite curiosity: "He'd always liked motels even better than sleeping at home -- they provided the essentials and left a man to himself; but in New York City they'd only have hotels, and Clarence Dahlgren felt confused...
...shafts of sunlight come down and in the mountain streams the rainbow trout leap out and their little trout sides catch glimpses of light. Then my father would drop me in the woods and go off. It was a weird, comforting feeling being in the woods. There were odd, mysterious things. That's the kind of world I grew...
...DYLAN: UNDER THE RED SKY (Columbia). "God knows the secrets of your heart," Dylan sings on this enigmatic new bit of introspection and social speculation. "He'll tell 'em to you when you sleep." Well, he's not talking much here, and Bob hangs back a bit too. Odd, edgy and, for all the slick session talent on parade (George Harrison, Elton John), somehow unfinished...
...odd students who attended the meeting, most said they are opposed to U.S. intervention in the Middle East. However, the discussion ended without settling on what, if any, specific U.S. actions the group should advocate...
...undergraduate seminar I was shopping this week, the professor explained to the 20-odd students in the room how she planned to cut the class down to its 15-person maximum: "Since this is a course where class discussion is very important, I am going to take only upperclassmen...