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  • In fact, many don't make it out of the "Storming" phase.

    Michael Lombardi: New Coaches, New Leaders 2008

  • Finally, "Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba," by Stephen Tankel, is one of those rare books that come out before their time is ripe.

    Twelve Months of Reading 2011

  • Storming in with Viktor in tow, she started looking around my tiny room, under the bed, in the wardrobe, in the bathroom, out the window, and on the roof.

    Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011

  • That can considerably enrich the experience of reading genre works that specifically echo non-genre works, as when Haldeman does do Hemingway (as in The Hemingway Hoax) or Benford does Faulkner (Against Infinity, "To the Storming Gulf"), or Silverberg does Conrad ( "The Secret Sharer," Downward to the Earth), or Brunner does Dos Passos (Stand on Zanzibar).

    March 2009 2009

  • Big canvases of violent conflict and horror were not something Dickens often tried to capture his pulse-pounding passages on the Storming of the Bastille in A Tale of Two Cities are a rare exception but he certainly remains pre-eminent in the reading public's mind as a portraitist of human misery and misfortune -- and of human beings' efforts to triumph in spite of all.

    David Tereshchuk: The Reporting Behind Two Centuries of Dickens' Impact David Tereshchuk 2012

  • Storming the Tower explores autobiographical comics by comparing how artists draw themselves with actual photos.

    Controversy LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading 2010

  • Storming in with Viktor in tow, she started looking around my tiny room, under the bed, in the wardrobe, in the bathroom, out the window, and on the roof.

    Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011

  • Big canvases of violent conflict and horror were not something Dickens often tried to capture his pulse-pounding passages on the Storming of the Bastille in A Tale of Two Cities are a rare exception but he certainly remains pre-eminent in the reading public's mind as a portraitist of human misery and misfortune -- and of human beings' efforts to triumph in spite of all.

    David Tereshchuk: The Reporting Behind Two Centuries of Dickens' Impact David Tereshchuk 2012

  • They feel as if they are "Storming the Normandy" when they wreak havoc on their intimidated victims.

    Tracey D. Smith: Charm School 101 for the College Student: "I Own You" Said the Bully! Tracey D. Smith 2010

  • Big canvases of violent conflict and horror were not something Dickens often tried to capture his pulse-pounding passages on the Storming of the Bastille in A Tale of Two Cities are a rare exception but he certainly remains pre-eminent in the reading public's mind as a portraitist of human misery and misfortune -- and of human beings' efforts to triumph in spite of all.

    David Tereshchuk: The Reporting Behind Two Centuries of Dickens' Impact David Tereshchuk 2012

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