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...tle of Zinfandel wine, and her soon-to-be-fiancé, Duncan. She glanced at the clock. Six-thirty. He was due at seven, and he’d be here right at the str... ...bration. She was getting engaged. The doorbell chimed. Kelsey glanced at the clock. It was six-forty-five. Duncan? Early? She smiled. “I guess he want... ...aring the dishes from the table. “When’s your flight out?” “Tonight at ten o’clock.” 10 The Emerald Dagger “Tonight? Damn. I’ve got the interview wit... ...ainst her lips before releasing her. Over his shoulder Kelsey glanced at the clock. It was eight forty-five. Did she dare mention it? Duncan motioned...

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...e to spend his spare time right away, but can withdraw it at any future date, when he wants a break. All he has to do is present a time cheque to any clock, and he is immediately brought back aboard ship to spend the time withdrawn. Sounds perfect? Peter certainly thinks so, when on a dreary November morning in London, a little tired with his exacting fiancee, he presents ...

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...the Universe actually do function very much like the mechanical workings of a clock, touching each other as little as possible. One large wheel is c... ...the Universe actually do function very much like the mechanical workings of a clock, touching each other as little as possible. One large wheel is c... ...rganism. Before fire our ancestors had no choice but to follow the clock of the Sun, their bodies were controlled and balanced by the nat... ...ost important. A ‘perfectly’ civilized society is where everything goes like clockwork, where everything functions ‘perfectly’… meaning mechanicall... ...d and envied the intricate, obscenely expensive, useless toy music boxes, and clocks, and jewelry boxes made out of gold, silver, and platinum. That... ...arket of the United States. They have not yet managed to turn the historical clock backwards quite that far. But each rich, powerful person in the... ...heel as war chariots, and crossbows, and siege weapons, and water wheels, and clocks, and pulley systems, and tools used by slaves working for their... ...hanging how we live. Obviously, it is ridiculous to try to turn back the clock and pretend civilization never happened. However, this does not... ...m humans acting like birds: like insane cuckoo birds. Europeans built cuckoo clocks for hundreds of years: where the cuckoo bird came out and went: ...

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...udge them. I, on the other hand, sometimes found myself looking up at the clock to find that it was after dark. The museum's guard had walked me to ...

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...eas drifted and took shape. But foreign sounds kept intruding: the hum of the clock radio, the slam of a car door, water swooshing through pipes. S... ...is words. “Lazer definitely liked the track,” Kurt said. “We'll see what the clockers say. Did you feel anything when he passed that horse in front... ... leaving his arm so close he could feel her heat. “You work both sides of the clock.” She swiveled on her stool, and he could smell her skin again ... ...t locked his door and did a quick inspection of the room. Television, mirror, clock—everything was replaced. Otto’s visit was like a bad dream. “W... ...d, looking absurdly satisfied. “They're harrowing anyway, so it’s our eight o’clock break. Cody here has been voted trainer of the week. He brought ... ...ngs could get any worse. Chapter Twenty-Three The numbers on the clock radio changed, chipping away another piece of dawn. Kurt pressed... ...ding. Then she drives to the track.” Kurt winced. She worked both ends of the clock, making herself available to any trainer for morning gallops and... ...hasn’t left the apartment, and we picked up another call confirming his two o’clock meeting with Friedman tomorrow. Three quick-response teams are on...

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...s of a gymnast, something hidden from his TV audience by his mandatory ‘6 o’clock News’ suit coat and tie. As all anchormen, he was handsome. Mid-fi... ...hours a day, I always take time out to watch Chet and Bugs Bunny in the 6 o’clock hour.” —“With your reactionary approach to thinking I thought yo...

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...ation, Darcy ran her fingers through short mousy hair whilst watching the clock on the mantelpiece above the slow combustion stove. Nine-thirty and ... ...d themselves for what was to come. Philip and Stella had been watching the clock awaiting the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sully. The couple showed... ... Sullys were following a timetable and nothing would divert them from the clock. By the end of the afternoon, Stella felt exceptionally uneasy and a... ...bar, his attention was drawn to Anne, who put on her coat, glanced at the clock and told her husband she was going for a walk. “Where are you going?”...

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...her guests to sleep late and arranged to meet Commander Gulliver at one o’clock. She knew his jet lag was slowing him up, he was still lagging somewh... ...ccurate was our historical evidence? Is the evidence presented on the 6 o‘clock news in New York as verifiable as that put on the BBC in London. Is... .... St. Augustine and Isaac Newton saw it as we see it, we just look at the clock. But Einstein saw the speed of light as the ultimate measure of time... ...t know. But we certainly have seen crimes copying a media presentation: a Clockwork Orange duplicated rape, a vagrant doused with gasoline and burne...

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...ey exiled the plasmoids to the most distant and isolated world they knew.... (Summary from book jacket) Originally published in 1962 as A Tale of Two Clocks. James Henry Schmitz lived from October 15, 1911–April 18, 1981. Gutenberg Project states: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the United States. (addition by km)...

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...se where we employ erAK (cipher text auto-key) or where syncbronization is dependent on internal clocks rather than timing elements of Ibc cipher text... ...s; so, in fact, the wait must have seemed interminable when one WBDted to say "BIIIldit at two o'clock.II ~er-basedaircraft ultimately adopted wbat wa...

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...k employees to continue the working day at home after hours. Some workers clock out but continue to work all the same. Other firms - especially in t...

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... regard as a birth right and as a cornerstone of the social contract. Turning the clock back on affirmative action and food stamps, for instance, ...

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...y changed, making the body susceptible to disease and death. Not many people lived beyond three thousand years; it was as if the body had an internal clock that stopped when it reached a certain age. The only organ that had to remain human was the brain, but this and whatever part of the original body remained always fell susceptible to disease, killing the host. Grai...