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When Serpents Die

By: Gerrie Ferris

...ho, until seven months ago, thought the back foot should only rest on the ground in pointe tendue. That was until Laura Kate came home and brought ... ...she sucked hard on the cigarette. Sparks rained on her lap. Laura Kate got up, pointed a finger at the cats, warning them she wasn’t vacating th... ... “Of course, I can. This is my office.” “You got to back it up.” Dees politely pointed toward the street. “Find a place at the curb.” “I’ll pa... ... coward remark back — coward, anyway. Gerrie Ferris 22 Mather pointed toward the cottage door. “Like to go in there now.” “... ...There’s blood everywhere, so be careful where you step. You don’t want your bloody shoe prints showing up in a forensic lab.” She noticed the ab... ...the credenza.” They stood at the chalk outline where Royce’s feet had been. Jack pointed to the bas-relief of fat oriental gargoyles behind the a... ...nts Die 61 Bobby’s eyes dropped to the ground. He rubbed the toe of his shoe along some rocks. “Not yet.” “Hope it’s nobody we like,” ... ... Gerrie Ferris 82 cigarette in the dirt and ground it viciously underneath her shoe. “Imagine it from Horton Lee’s side. His son was going to... ...and pulled her backward. Her little purse fell to the ground. Her high-top tennis shoes bounced along the sidewalk as he dragged her around the aza...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...trade Major industries: small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, and cement for domestic use; handwoven carpets for exp... ...ort equipment, iron ore, steel products, chemicals, machinery, orange juice, shoes, sugar Imports: $12.7 billion (f.o.b., 1985); petro- leum, machiner... ...as, hari- cot beans Major industries: light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imports; public works construction; food process... ...nto departments, arrondissements, districts, led by provincial governors ap- pointed by President Legal system: based on French civil law system, with... ...d by the Christmas Island Act of 1958 Branches: Advisory Council advises ap- pointed administrator Government leader: T. F. PATERSON, Administrator Co... ...81, $2.9 million; about 16% of the central government budget Gull at Guinea "Pointe Noire See regional map VII BRAZZAVILLE Boundary representation is ... ...s are used for local traffic only Pipelines: crude oil 25 km Ports: 1 major (Pointe-Noire) Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft Airfields: 55 total, ... ...posed of radio-relay routes and coaxial cables; key centers are Brazzaville, Pointe- Noire, and Loubomo; 18,100 telephones (1.1 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, ... ...cultural proc- essing, and production of beer, soft drinks, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, tex- tiles, cigarettes Electric power: 42,000 kW ca...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...asse. Thus m ust a man endevour to induce the Architect, the Painter, the Shoemaker, to speake of their owne trade, and so of the rest, every man in... ...must raise their shoulders and stoope with their heads, and put off their shoes when they enter their Kings houses. Where Eunuchs that have religiou... ...ed even from common sense. Note but the plaine husbandman, or the unwilie shoemaker, and you see them simply and naturally plod on their course, spe... ...on their heads and with their legs ourstretched aloft, having many sharp. pointed cimitaries fastened round about the saddle, to gallop at full spee... ... that his trade was to make small things appeare and seeme great. It is a shoemaker that can make great shooes for a little foot. Had hee lived in S... ...e barre, to throw the sledge, to cast the pole, and to play at fence; and shoes with leaden soles, which he wore to ensure himselfe to leape, to vau... ...her than any other: and to avoid all strangenesse that may make him to be pointed at. But if he misse of this mediocritie, to chuse that he rather of... ...d and exprest, become more languishing and weake: better it is to let its pointe worke outwardly, then bend it against our selves. Omnia vitia in ap... ... race, If of a few or Common-weale, embrace It as it is, borne there God pointed thee. So was the good Lord of Pibrac wont to speake of it, whom we...

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...ber of stars were out. The big mate was at the wheel, and he had the old tub pointed at a star and was holding her straight up the middle of the river... ...ay in their being always freshly posted and therefore ready to drop into the shoes of some reputable pilot, for a single trip, on account of such pilo... ...y the yawl alongside the buoy; the steamer comes creeping carefully down, is pointed straight at the buoy, husbands her power for the coming struggle,... ...while he was a tearing right down through those snags, and I a shaking in my shoes and praying, I wish I may never speak again if he didn’t pucker up ... ...ong you been on the river?” I told him. After a pause— “Where’d you get them shoes?” I gave him the information. “Hold up your foot!” I did so. He ste... ...he information. “Hold up your foot!” I did so. He stepped back, examined the shoe minutely and contemptuously, scratching his head thoughtfully, tilt ... ...d ordered him to dismount. He did so, and I took his horse by the bridle and pointed down the creek, and ordered him to walk before me. He went a few ... ...ness? Give me the address.” He chuckled blithely, took off his shining tile, pointed to a notched pink circlet of paper pasted into its crown, with so... ... and battered brick chimney, sticking above the magnolias and live oaks, was pointed out as the monument erected by an appreciative nation to cel ebr...

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At the End of the Winter, In the Shtcherbatskys House

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...r in a coun- try town; she knew their habits and weaknesses, and where the shoe pinched each one of them. She knew their relations with one another an... ...first rate. Only it’s a work to get about! You drag a ton of earth on your shoes.” “Why is it you have earth that’s not sifted?” said Levin. “Well, we... ...eve from Vassily and started sowing himself. “Where did you stop?” Vassily pointed to the mark with his foot, and Levin went forward as best he could,... ...mark from a 112 Anna Karenina – Part Two witty man, and fully relished la pointe de la sauce. “There are two aspects,” Alexey Alexandrovitch re- sume...

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Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...” he went on. “I never longed so for the country, Russian country, with bast shoes and peasants, as when I was spending a winter with my mother in Nic... ...difficult for him to think of what to say and do. “Here, do you see?”. . . He pointed to some sort of iron bars, fastened together with strings, lying ... ...other in a country town; she knew their habits and weaknesses, and where the shoe pinched each one of them. She knew their relations with one an othe... ...; “first rate. Only it’s a work to get about! You drag a ton of earth on your shoes.” “Why is it you have earth that’s not sifted?” said Levin. “Well, ... ...and started sowing himself. 150 Anna Karenina “Where did you stop?” Vassily pointed to the mark with his foot, and Levin went forward as best he coul... ...s though he had heard a witty remark from a witty man, and fully relished la pointe de la sauce. “There are two aspects,” Alexey Alexandrovitch resume... ... Swinging his scythe just as ever, and moving his feet in their big, plaited shoes with firm, little steps, he climbed slowly up the steep place, and t... ...rch mush room. It had always happened before that Miss Hoole found them and pointed them out to her; but this time she found a big one quite of herse... ...wyer on some business. “He is engaged,” the clerk responded severely, and he pointed with his pen at the persons waiting, and went on writing. “Can’t ...

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