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  • What have you got here-a horny repairman and a recipe.

    The Zero Walter, Jess 2006

  • For just as there is an enthralling call to order here-a mystical longing for beauty and unity-what makes this the novel of its time, and of a New York ready to change its name to 9/11, is the wild and hilarious sense that all number games are like gambling: You're a champ one minute and a chump the next.

    Three Thrilling Tales, One Gorgeous Arc 2005

  • "There's still a lot of urbanites here-a lot of writers, professionals," he continued.

    The Cobble Hill Show! 2004

  • She had suggested he go to the casino while he was here-a business he had told her his family was involved in-and he had very firmly refused to even consider it.

    The Secret Virgin Mortimer, Carole 2002

  • But I think everyone believes that the future here-a stable Afghanistan, one that has a government that can be representative of the very broad patchwork that is Afghan society -- will have to have a Kabul in which all are invested, not just the Northern Alliance.

    CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2001 2001

  • Granted, she had a life here-a good life-but he felt sure that she could have that in Wilmington.

    Message in a Bottle Sparks, Nicholas 1998

  • A turn here-a flight of steps there-and suddenly she was out of the forbidding Gallic fortress and into the civilized Roman villa, all pretty paint and plaster.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • Kept applying even after she enrolled here-a lost cause, really, because her non-math grades weren't very good and her M-CAT scores were significantly below average.

    Devil's Waltz Kellerman, Jonathan 1992

  • Such life as they met was timid, eluding them where possible; but few creatures lived here-a rogue goat, a crazed hermit, a pathetic band of submen who fled when Wantage clapped his hands.

    Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

  • "Grab one of these clubs here-a little one, even you can't swing a big one-and get to work!"

    Gray Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950

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