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Those same precious people who nibbled at James Gould Cozzens will be quoting paragraphs out of context, accusing Salinger of writing like Salinger, reading in their own Freudian fantasies, and eventually, of course, forgetting Salinger entirely as they turn to criticizing each other's criticisms...
...typing serum, commonly used in the laboratory for determining blood types, is a scarce commodity that has been priced at $14 for 10 cc. Now a rich reservoir of the precious serum, potentially worth more than $1,000,000, has been found-all of it running in the veins of a single man in Fort Worth...
...example, if someone gave Manuel a common stone, he would hold it in his hand and look at it eagerly. In a few seconds, it would begin to shine and he would see that it was made of silver, then of gold, then of the most precious things imaginable, until the glitter died...
...deposits in a bank that he knew was insolvent. As of last week, ex-Banker Medina was free on $50,000 bail after coming out of hiding to accept arrest. Before the indictment, he had promised to surrender his property to creditors-but, as it turned out, there was precious little property to give. Don Manuel had apparently lost heavily on the stock market recently, and had sold his cattle herd before the closing; even the bank building proved to be heavily mortgaged. Meanwhile, Zapatans were surviving with loans from families, friends and other banks...
...training his neighbors' children. He wrote his book to illustrate "the kind of reason ing used on I.Q. tests.'' Most helpful exercises are in speedier reading, such as the art of skimming, and such test-taking tips as how to mark machine-graded answers to save precious seconds. "Just knowing the technique of taking the test can increase the score." says Rosenfeld...