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...author stresses accuracy of images, metaphors and tone over the conventions of form. He dodges anachronistic language in favor of conveying the true emotion of the text the modern day reader. His vocabulary reflects the meaning packed concision of Dante...
UseNet offers one possible avenue for sexually-minded users--the "news groups" resemble electronic bulleting hoards, where Internet users discuss various topics by posting files such as pictures or sounds by encoding them as a text file; other users can download and decode these binary files for display in the privacy of their own home. As we walked down this dirty boulevard, we gawked and gasped at the width and breadth of sexual appetites. Here, we present a significant fraction of the UseNet groups devoted to sexuality in its manifold...el in its many forms. Parental discretion advised...
Lewis was to begin a semester-long sabbaticalyesterday. He intended to spend the spring writingand revising one of his three text-books...
...actor's sense of timing and improvisation remain intact, and on several occasions he spoke without notes--a sign he was in good spirits. At one point in Manila, after a lengthy departure from his prepared speech, the Pope announced slowly, with mock solemnity, ``And now, returning to the text,'' as if he were just coming back from a television commercial break...
...think books. In Toffler's case it was Future Shock (1970), which contributed its title phrase to the language and turned its author into a much sought-after consultant-prophet; Gilder's Wealth and Poverty (1981), a ringing endorsement of capitalism and supply-side economics, became a sacred text for members of the first Reagan Administration. Both have eagerly tackled subjects in which they possess no formal training. And both are relentlessly, almost wearyingly optimistic about what the future holds for those willing to embrace...