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  • I was enjoying reading the geniuses at the Times taking Napolitano and the entire Obama administration apart piece by piece over this ridiculous comment, and then, suddenly,

    DHS Director Janet Napolitano: “the system worked.” - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • I said. waaaack! he cried. wack-wack-wack! our heads swiveled in unison when the absurd slapping of joggers 'shoes went past us. we watched them recede: we lost interest in their errands at precisely the same moment and turned back to our meditations. the wind ruffled his feathers. the wind lifted my hair. me and the duck: compadres. suddenly,

    Wanted: There 2007

  • I said. waaaack! he cried. wack-wack-wack! our heads swiveled in unison when the absurd slapping of joggers 'shoes went past us. we watched them recede: we lost interest in their errands at precisely the same moment and turned back to our meditations. the wind ruffled his feathers. the wind lifted my hair. me and the duck: compadres. suddenly,

    December 2007 2007

  • “We shall see” — replied the Earl; and then suddenly,

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • ‘Gentlemen,’ cried Kit, on whom a light broke suddenly,

    The Old Curiosity Shop 2007

  • We drink our sherry at the bar, and have had our three or four glasses, when Witchem cries suddenly,

    Reprinted Pieces 2007

  • But surely was my heart gracious with thankfulness, and I ready to leap with joy and hope, and all my body thrilled with an excitement that would not have me to be silent; so that, suddenly,

    The Night Land 2007

  • ‘In the name of Heaven,’ said Miss Betsey, suddenly,

    David Copperfield 2007

  • She was still in doubt, still standing with her hand in his, half bending over him, but yet half resisting as she bent, when, all suddenly,

    Harry Heathcote of Gangoil 2004

  • “Will it make you any happier,” she said suddenly,

    To Let 2004

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