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... his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including Should Women Be Beautiful?, Should Soldiers Be Polite? and Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass?. Each subject is analysed and commented on in the witty and satirical style we've grown to expect from the author....

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...theater after watching a German film. Billy stumbles into a church to escape the mob and is visited by Carpenter, that is Jesus, who walks out of the stained glass window of the church. Carpenter is shocked and appalled by his observations of greed, selfishness, lust, sorrow, and the ultimate division between rich and poor. The story then roughly follows the ministry of Je...

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... dark. This one was bright and colourful. He looked up to see where the lights were, but there was none. The light came from what looked like a stained-glass dome, at least three hundred feet above ground. The colourful flow of light pouring into the lobby gave it a flamboyant and joyful atmosphere. It made him feel almost at home. He noticed there was no eleva...

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...cated. And then I saw your bottle of wine Standing at attention before two glasses. The pledge that bowing to anything or anyone was wrong...that peop... ..... The gal with the deep dark-ocean eyes... The maddog gal, grip that wine glass now. For Gabriele, you smile at everyone with meaning You are as toge... ... that you had told Me to step back in. You are bending over the end-table stained In the blood of wine. Sunlight, stripped silver from the grey Clou... ...nd forks (Sometimes hardened in scalloped potatoes Or bent) and knives and glasses (Glasses sometime with folded bread inside)... But forever coming d... ...raises When would she pull on my arm Tugging me thoroughly into breaking glass Of the 12th floor conference room To fall, putting me out violently, ... ...oor men Hear the sound humbly grazing Through whispered reverence over The glass-speckled pavement In a gradual dying echo, A cigarette succumbs to th...

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...ypsum pillars next to our chairs. We fervently gulp the champagne from the tall, prismatic glasses and nibble at the tiny sandwiches. We are that l... ... humour irresistible. It often is. My baby face is framed by the plastic quadrangles of my glasses. I broadcast innocence and guile. The reactions ... ...quares of the roulette board. Eli wobbles towards me, his loosened tie dangling on his much-stained shirt. He undoes the upper buttons and slumps on... ... I mount the bus and sit near a dishevelled, unshaven man. His abraded pair of horn-rimmed glasses is adjoined to his prominent nose with a brown a... ... Swathed in luminosity, we stir with measured competence our amber drinks in long-stemmed glasses. You are weighing my offer and I am waiting for ... ...s, let alone the alleyway. The young ones dozed, bowing to soiled plates, their crumpled, stained, cloth bibs bobbing in a sea of matzo crumbs. "H... ...the adjacent room. Eli winks at me expectantly. Marc returns with a bulky wad of cash and a stained, much folded, piece of rubricated paper. "Sign ... ... The poet succumbed at eight o'clock AM. Five minutes prior to his death, he made use of a stained rotary dial phone, its duct-taped parts precario... ...ly, as though preparing to inventory them. He smoothed his feral moustache with two stubby stained fingers and studied the board alertly. He then...

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... Although it was afternoon, the leaden skies darkened the small sick bay, waves beat against the glass of the portholes and the ship reared up to m... ... on my return journey before nightfall. My platoon is waiting for me at the North Gate.’ Taking a glass from the tray, John MacGregor quenched his t... ...ss the verandah and into the entrance hall. Isabel de Silva was standing near him with a tray of glasses and a jug of iced nimbu pani and as he rea... ... to you about, Helen.’ Taking her by the arm, Gavin guided Helen to a cane armchair. He lifted a glass from the tray that Isabel had placed on a sma... ...on their carriage, he came towards them bowing obsequiously and smiled, displaying his red, pan - stained teeth. ‘How can I be of assistance to the ... ...iful Comtesse de Colbert. Blanche wore an apron over her pretty muslin dress that was soon blood-stained, but the lovely Creole did not flinch from ... ...ill not endanger his life unnecessarily.’ Still kneeling by Rosita’s chair, Helen lifted her tear-stained face and asked quietly, ‘Tell me what he s... ...ce and his powerful masculinity, were magnets that would draw any woman. Now, unshaven and battle-stained, he was smiling at her, almost like a misc... ...d, because he would often return in the early morning dressed in a sepoy’s uniform with his skin stained a deeper brown and his buccaneer’s smile w...

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... mouth. The reporter was standing outside the hospital, pointing at fragments of glass on the ground and a broken window at the top of the huge bui... ...e been James who had fallen out of the window? Sam jumped in fright. Through the glass panels in her door, she saw a shape. A figure in the corridor... ..., with the large vehicle effectively absorbing the entire force of the eruption. Glass crashed inwards. The coach’s passenger-side wheels left the g... ...ds more. In those seconds, he felt a cold sensation in his neck and his back as glass embedded itself in his body. He cried out from the pain, whic... ...am tried reaching as high as she could but was suddenly hit by another shower of glass and a ball of flames. She could barely see, and it was painfu... ...out of this too,” Jasmin added, pointing at her white bra, which was also coffee stained. 57 She pretended to notice the inner office. PC Nelso... ...d with Jasmin or not. He also couldn’t get the image of her removing her coffee-stained blouse out of his head. “I wish I knew. Maybe when O’Brien ...

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... you’re alright,” she patted him on the arm. “We’ve got ten minutes. Need anything?” “A glass of water would be nice.” “You got it, boss.” Simm... ....” “You got it, boss.” Simmons collared a woman carrying a clipboard, “Get Mr. Stone a glass of water. And I mean now. We’ve got eight minutes to... ...est I’m fine,” Stone said sipping on the water. - J.Cross/Stone 5 Simmons moved the glass out of camera range, “We’re almost ready,” she said ... ...” he said, shuffling a few people aside. “Are you Ms. Simmons?” A crumpled looking tear stained face looked up at him. “Yes, I’m Simmons,” she sai... ... Washington, who was talking to the director in the control room hidden behind the smoked glass above the main floor. Washington was asking, “So, th... ...willing to help. At least, it will put your mind at ease.” Susan looked up with her tear stained face, “Thank you, Simon. Please call him. I have t... ...he WNN building was a sixty-five storied edifice built of crimson granite and gold tinted glass. Barton wondered how many people would be laid off no... ...recessed into a corroded brass circular ornament in the form of a small wreath. A dark, stained door with a glass window covered by an interior sha... ... The room was clean, but sparse. A Formica table with wooden chairs stood between a black-stained sink and a bed that looked like an army cot with a ...

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...n our faces in our own country.” A body-shattering cough. I moved to offer him a glass of water - then I remembered who he is and froze in mid-mo... ... I was mocking him or not. His smallish body tensed and he put on a pair of rimless glasses that he removed from an inner pocket of his shirt. He st... ...no choice, a la guerre comme la guerre.” – in guttural French. As he took off his glasses, I noticed the abnormal proximity of his eyes, set in ca... ...ded from a battered swivel chair. The librarian position was adjacent to the frosty glass door that opened into an elongated corridor that spanned t... ...o himself. I couldn’t place their accent. It was gravelly and guttural, like broken glass. “Roth, listen well” – said Grease Ball – “I have a muzz... ... Few lived to tell what they had witnessed inside the labyrinth of badly-lit, blood-stained interrogation cells. In Berlin, party officials and civi...

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...ted it to a large machine. The machine had a large crystal, surrounded by glass in the middle. He could not see what was on the other side. He heard... ...e of route 3. Next to the man was a small table set up with several small glass objects that appeared to be shot glasses. 174 Mike Saxton “This guy... ...ge nose, a lab coat that had probably been white at one time but had been stained in the blood of an unknown number of people, and glasses walked th... ...ime but had been stained in the blood of an unknown number of people, and glasses walked through. The door shut on its own 198 Mike Saxton with no ... ...’ll be vulnerable for a long time.” Vincent was staring at her through the glass again. Lexi looked at him. “What’s wrong, Vince?” “She was so sure o... ...y never know who he is…huh?” Josee was interrupted by Eric tapping on the glass on the back of the cab. Carl turned to look out the back window. Jos... ...nd of the driveway. It was a quaint, contemporary style house with cherry stained wooden siding. It had a two car garage and quite a bit of land, al... ...try collided with the Seekers on foot. Like many batlefelds, this one was stained in blood; but this time, the Grand Army was not fghting a bunch of...

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...h sense is that?” With the world we perceive now, we can say that we need glasses or a hearing aid because we know what it means to see well or to h... ...at there is any light there. It is like a beautiful picture covered with a stained nylon sheet, on top of which there is another stained sheet, and a... ...ter, so you, the house of Israel, are in My hands.” The material is that glass; even though it breaks, it is corrected and can be corrected as befo... ...tter, so you, the house of Israel, are in My hands.” The material is that glass; even though it breaks, it is corrected and can be corrected as befo... ...lth.” The man gave him that gold cup. Rabbi Abba said about him, “gold or glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.”... ...here is no need for anything in return for it, as it is written, “gold or glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.”...

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... he would sense it and this would not help matters. I stood before the pier glass and tightened my riding corset of pale green silk. My figure was ... ... but I wanted the audience to focus on the horse. As I turned away from the glass, I noticed the rose. Its long stem was wrapped in black silk ribb... ...t hand. My green-topped boots completed the ensemble. I turned to the pier glass to brush and braid my hair before returning to the stable. For a ... ...tler, and I was delighted to see her. I examined my reflection in the cheval glass one last time before collecting my wrap, and then decided to rerea... ...w column, just as Antoinette had explained he would do. Antoinette brought a glass of champagne to me during the entr’acte and sat with me for a whil... ...coat to wear over it; I would not want such beautiful garments to be travel-stained. “I will see you tomorrow, my friend,” Antoinette smiled as she d... ...d, I knelt next to the chaise and caressed his face, touching the port-wine stained cheek and damaged bone with a light hand. I was still afraid of ...

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...ghtier than the sword to yonder the fields of Elysium. Gold haired pages are stained red in the blood of my passions and every piercing arrow is marke... ...hrough reading the works of Kevin Brian Wright, one can see into the looking glass of his soul. His love, devotion and strength has been revealed in h...

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...use. Henry turned and stared at Laylah's prone figure through the viewing glass. "Fine." Jacques let out the breath he'd been holding. "Good! Fifteen... ...ned to his work, whistling as he continued his trials. ~***~ The crash of glass breaking brought Naiya running to the kitchen. She looked at the rema... ... a picture frame from her bed stand. Idly she traced her fingers over the glass. She remembered the day the photo was taken. It was the last time Fa... ...ed and fidgeted about. Yes, she really was cute when she blushed. The pink stained her high cheekbones, making them stand out and captured his intere... ...is loss of control and shifted his claws back into hands. Henry grabbed a glass, threw ice in it and poured a drink before slamming into his seat. “... ...ylah was worth all my misgivings about the pregnancy.” Henry clenched the glass in his hand so tightly it cracked. “Then that night, when Zina and m... ...hinking ill of you. She is fine. So am I, though the she-bitch's blood has stained my fur and skin. Bring Laylah to the mansion. She's grounded until...

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...Acres Farm with her husband, 175 David, in Montgomery, Texas. She wrote The Stained Glass Pickup (2006) and co-authored A Scrapbook of Christmas Firs... ...rm with her husband, 175 David, in Montgomery, Texas. She wrote The Stained Glass Pickup (2006) and co-authored A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts ~ Sto... ... Y our Heart and Tips to Simplify Y our Holiday (2008).Contact her at http://stainedglasspickup.blogspot.com/ Tina L. Miller is a freelance writer, ed...

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...s. Hannah was quick about making their drinks. She grabbed a bottle and a crystal glass from a cupboard, filled the glass with ice cubes, water an... ...ere you doing before he called?” “Well, I…” Her hands shook so much, the ice in her glass clattered. “Hannah, listen to me. I’m here to help y... ...st very busy. But all right, I’ll give a look-see.” “Can’t go through the hall. Glass all over,” Mather said. Jack followed Mather down a path t... ...Buckley’s Pharmacy where fluorescent lighting winked through lettering on the plate glass and burglar bars. This was a quiet section of town, but p... ... eyes grew accustomed to the shadows, she saw the white chunks of plaster and sharp glass shards scattering the wood floor. Unexpectedly, a noise c... ...ut the place is they’ve not gussied it up. Old floorboards. Lath and plaster walls stained with age.” His dark eyes, which studied her face, inten... ...ted, there was an envelope, yellow with age. Was it her imagination or was it tear-stained? Also there was an envelope with her name on it, writte...

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... The last of the visitors were straggling out. Strolling through the aisles of glass cases toward the rear of the museum, the musty smell of rustic... ...and studied the silver ob­ ject for a long minute before retrieving a magnifying glass from her desk drawer. Five minutes later she picked the object... ...a record on a old turn table, Pachabel in D minor, lit a fire, poured himself a glass of \\<lne and just sat and stared into .8 Johnathan Cross th... ... "Well," he began, fidgeting like a school boy, "I put on some music, poured a glass of wine, sat down on the old rocker in front of the fireplace,... ...ideo equip­ ment hidden behind one-way mirrors, and microphones camou­ flaged in stained-glass Tiffany lamps. When everyone was in their place, Alexa... ...furnished. The breeze from a rusted rotating fan, which stood on top of a water stained desk, gave the illusion of coolness as the rushing air made ... ...e Boss emerged wiping his hands on a towel. Aaron could see a toilet and a coal stained basin through the doorway. "Ah, Matlovich, you're awake. Don... ...he kept his eyes low­ ered like a respectful servant. Rapini settled into a coal-stained, wooden swivel chair behind his desk. "You know," he said, "... ..."I didn't think of the danger." "Then why did you do it?" Rapini pounded on the stained wooden desk, his voice rising to authority. For an instant ...

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...Alfredo’s concerned warning, “Sit down, Alfredo,” the Pope said, removing his glasses and motioning him toward a chair next to his desk, “I want to t... ...il he came to the nurse's station, which was barricaded behind a wire-meshed, glass window. Alex knocked on the window until he got the attention of... ...e'll be here in a minute," she said indifferently, and closed the wire-meshed glass, and returned to the other side of the nurse's station which had... ... a minute, Dr. Raymond appeared, and inserted a key into a thick wire- meshed, glass door that guarded the ward. "I'm sorry for this, Senator, but we ... ... porch having lunch. Probably, goat cheese, crusted bread, fresh fruit, and a glass of red wine. Antonio started up the steps just as his father sa... ...were coming?" his father chided him in Sicilian, wiping his hands on a white, stained apron that hung from his waist, and then ran down the steps to... ...e," Garza ordered. As they entered, there was only a dim light coming from a stained lampshade. Cardona stood in the middle of the room, as two of ...

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...ttered part of his peace offering—champagne spidering from brown paper and glass, down the stairs and towards the street like a foamy surreal waterfal... ...t dead," Amire murmured as the ambulance doors closed and blocked her tear-stained face from his view. You're wrong, he thought. I am. * * * * The Sum... ...crisp, sanitized sheets greeted him. Half the room was surrounded by wired glass, the other half by institutional-green walls. A hospital room. Not he... ...iling in oak-finished wood and black and white Italian marble, leather and glass—the tables, the floor-to- ceiling bookshelf opposite the lacquer ente... ...no time soon. Kelly picked up the photo, gently touched his fingers to the glass, fondled the frame. Nothing. No images. No warmth or New Life Incogn... ...e had done with the other, he caressed the frame, ran his fingers over the glass, glancing over the colored images. The resulting sensations were worl... ...veral times, tried to bring their figures into focus. She saw Tyler's tear-stained face first, anxiety clearly etched on his features as he leaned in ...