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  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • Before our decks were swept again I could make out the carpenter's emergency repairs.

    CHAPTER XXX 2010

  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • Struggle as he would, he could not lift himself until the mate, gripping his oilskin at the collar, with one hand flung him through the air into the carpenter's arms.

    CHAPTER XXX 2010

  • It is rather shuddery, however, to speculate on the terrible assortment of cutting, gouging, jabbing and slashing weapons with which the mutineers are able to equip themselves from the carpenter's shop.

    CHAPTER XLIV 2010

  • Had it been my machine I'd have operated it with a carpenter's hammer.

    THE BRAIN MERCHANT 2010

  • On occasion she's been an administrative assistant and a carpenter's helper.

    MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Fantasy? 2009

  • I'm pretty sure that, thanks to the inside dope they offered me, my novella gives readers a generally accurate view of the goings-on at Monogram Studios during its glory days -- what the assistant director worried about, where the cast ate lunch, how the carpenter's strike affected the industry, that sort of thing.

    Interview: James Morrow on 'Shambling Towards Hiroshima' 2009

  • Had it been my machine I'd have operated it with a carpenter's hammer.

    Chapter 23 2010

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