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...re, taking in all these new sights and sounds, I was aware that two different poker games were being played at the tables behind me. At one point, ... ...eing questioned and fumbled putting the cover back on the box. “Won ‘em in a poker game a while back. They’re too pretty to use, so I’m looking for... ...o I’m looking for a buyer.” Isaak pondered McVey’s response and answer- ed, “Poker, huh? Must have been a pretty high stakes game.” Call Me Monta... ...e me. They made their way to a table across the room where folks were playing poker. “Captain,” I whispered, “that’s McVey and his men… the ones ... ...er now that they were in sight. Spirit remained as strong as ever and as we closed on the four horses, I could begin to see riders. I squinted to ... ...ied. All I could do was hold Sarah in my arms and wait for the shot. We both closed our eyes. If this was to be the end, at least we’d go together.... ... I arrived at the Telegraph Office at nine o’clock sharp to find the door closed. I knocked, but no one answered. I tried it and found that it w... ...ffer to buy it back for the same price his father had sold it to them for. He closed by asking that Mr. Peterson respond as quickly as possible. Th... ... into an enclosed office behind the store room. Once we were both inside, he closed the door and sat down at a large desk. Call Me Montana – The...

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...t and had imprisoned her imp. Sahir caressed the jug now with her fingers, closed her eyes and willed him to feel her through the brass and silver inl... ...ried to garner some comfort as she released her breath on a long hot sigh, closed her eyes and braced herself to eat crow. Jury reached back with a ha... ... on her side and gave her husband her back determined to shut him out. She closed her eyes tight and hoped he'd get the message and just leave her alo... ...sleep on Black, lady. Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 26 The director closed the folder—Therese's career, vital statistics, dreams and ambitions ... ... home. Therese had given him a call a little after the exhibition hall had closed for the day, greeted with the sound of furious sneezing and snifflin... ... if he was teasing her or just plain jealous but she couldn't get past the poker face. And oh how she wanted to, the idea of his jealousy inexplicably...

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...he engine. ***** Three blocks down, Julia sat in her car with her eyes closed and forehead against the steering wheel. With a long, deep sigh ... ...the doors. She turned and blew a curl out of her face then bumped the door closed with her butt. “The office might be locked up by now. You’d ... ...e rental when your car is in the shop?” “I have no clue.” Julia sighed and closed her eyes. I’ll Do Anything ... ... feet near her rear-end on the tabletop. Cade sent her a glance under half closed lids, his eyes roaming over her body so hotly she felt like he’d ... ... fun to be in lust.” He was going to kiss her. Julia watched his eyes fall closed as he neared and she started to close her own. When she did, she... ... 125 arrested her.” The announcement seemed to act like a hot poker in Micah Sampson’s backside. He lurched out of his chair so fast ...

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...y are like hands, like tongues, like living shapes. (Raking fire with the poker) Lie down, lie down. NANA That's the end of them. HELENA (standing up... ...DOMIN comes into the room. DR. GALL is looking out of the window, through closed shutters. ALQUIST is seated down right. DOMIN Any more of them? DR....

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...t: his opposites. He feels discriminated against and dealt a poor hand in the great poker game called life. He is driven obsessively to right these ... ...h mediated by and reside on computers. The computer is a self-contained (though not closed) Universe. It incorporates the hardware, the data and the...

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...o you want?” Barton’s face was still twisted in anger and agony. “Having fun yet?” Brand closed the door just in time before a telephone book smash... ...ked, unprepared. “If you don’t mind. Time is of the essence; the Senator wants this case closed by tonight. The only thing that will keep it open i... ...ed just for this expressed purpose. It was illegal to do so, but Brand didn’t care. She closed the door, and he could hear the chain sliding across... ...leave. “How would like to spend the night with a horny broad?” she asked with eyes half closed. “I’ll take a rain check.” The interview was us... ...f the appointment books were written in red.” “How can I help?” Barton asked through half-closed eyes. “I need unfettered access to your computers.”... ...of staff report to my office immediately.” As a Navy Seal he had been considered the best poker player around, he hoped he still had the skills. C...

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...ing fear that flled him as the distance between the truck and the Seekers closed, made his shots highly inaccurate. Almost all of the bullets passed... ...en obliged without a word or hesitation. Once they were gone and the door closed, the general initiated another communication. Within moments, the ... ...the seat next to him. Lexi sat in the front too, across the aisle. Talbot closed the door and turned the engine on. He quickly put it in reverse, ba... ...row and close layer by layer as the muscle tissue reformed, then the skin closed up over it, and then small hairs grew out of the spot where the wou... ...ut some blood and looked down as the bullets were expelled and the wounds closed. He could feel the pain but he could also feel the torn fesh mendin... ... you’re going to torture me then kill me.” “Maybe,” Vincent replied with a poker face. Jade didn’t look up. “What do you mean maybe?” “I mean I haven’...

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...ry: “Paradoxism started as an anti-totalitarian protest against a closed society, Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulate... .... 2. History Paradoxism started as an anti-totalitarian protest against a closed society Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated... ... piept”) la ad ăpostul tufi şurilor din spate, cu Voinea, Covrig ş.a. ... Poker pe bani, cu Untaru, prin dosul blocurilor din jur, ferindu-ne de mil...

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...me back four years to our flat. We had shared everything - bed, food, clothes, even a toothbrush. Reckoned we were one being in two bodies. With eyes closed, Max was with me. Then the horror slammed into me and I sagged to the floor. Loneliness welled and I stuffed a T-shirt into my mouth to stifle the moan, before ripping the sweet-smelling reminder of loss to shreds with...

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...of feet away from Ben and Amire, how could he be on his back with his eyes closed several feet away? Something was up in a mean way and Kelly didn't l... ...lipping away. Fast. "He's not dead," Amire murmured as the ambulance doors closed and blocked her tear-stained face from his view. You're wrong, he th... ...o see where this all was heading. He had no choice. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and raised his left hand before his face. He braced himself... ...st not now. Maybe not ever. It was too much. Just ... way ... too much. He closed his eyes tight, overwhelmed by his loss, too tired to deal. * * * * ... ...home flashed through his memory. He was dead. He was really history. Kelly closed his eyes tight, mumbled "No" again. "See? I told you to cut that thi... ...ver 144 The old Dagny couldn't make toast, would have preferred having hot pokers driven into her eyes than to have to "slave away"—as she had once pu...

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..., fussing with the red velvet portières that divided them. She pulled them closed, cutting the light in half. When she turned and saw Morgan stand... ...the rich voice that sang through her veins and echoed in her heart. She closed her eyes and heard again the haunting words that had spun themselv... ...ng up out of some deep sea creature. Morgan watched his mouth pop open and closed and could almost see the bubbles form and drift upward. She shook... ...any price, Mr. Carson. Let the spirits guide your generosity.” Camilla closed the curtains behind her as she left. Morgan sighed and lay her h... .... I’ve no energy to battle those odds.” Daniel put the flask to his lips, closed his eyes, and tilted his head back. The contents slid like liquid... .... Morgan held her breath in the smoke-filled silence. “Dan’l, no, not the poker,” she heard someone yell. Camilla shrieked. The pounding began ag... ...Box cracked and splintered and burst at the seam. Daniel flung aside the poker and reached in to snatch her out of the flames. With smoke billow... ... could imagine Daniel succumbing to any of them. Why couldn’t he be playing poker with the stagehands or out drinking with boys from the band? What...

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... 40 Can Smaller Businesses Rebuild Our Economy? Imagine a game of poker. There are four major players, and twenty very small players. Th... ...t, frustration or conflict may result. 3. Dogmatism Dogmatic individuals are closed-minded. They have rigid belief systems and doggedly stick to th... ...nomic depression. These workshops should see more demand, and expand into the closed stores, that formerly sold new products. In reality, anyone wit...

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...st as ours costs us. But, they have a cost advantqe because they still operate in an essentially closed society with a weU-established security infras... ...ords and tiny pieces of text. Most WI': thumb-lize or smaller; but a few were mucb Jarser. Other pokers joined him and coDflrmed tbat the entire depos...

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...s the lower French Quarter. Right?” “She did. After Sasha disappeared, Nell closed up shop. Last I heard, Ronnie C. was trying to move into her te... ...come to an end. I wasn’t sure I could take any more of his dirty looks. He closed the folder and looked at me over the bloody hanky covering his no... ...ck all the way down Decatur then over to Dorsiere. By then the club will be closed and the street will be overflowing with potential victims.” He ... ...shed the alley. I couldn’t risk someone else coming along. As the darkness closed around me, I suddenly grew a brain. This was a very bad idea. ... ...ust the blade out in front of me. My eyes gave up pretending to be brave and closed tighter than a drum. St. Vlad had done his bit, so the rest was ... ... a game of Texas Hold ‘em. Then again, I wouldn’t turn down a game of Strip Poker if he was willing to spot me a pair of pants or two. J. Morgan ...

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...ist, and tonight he’d have a chance to inspect Otto’s trailer. Satisfied, he closed the laptop and jammed it back in his metal briefcase, next to hi... ...st test. “Yes! Oh, yes. I'd love to ride him again. Whenever you want.” She closed her mouth, not wanting to appear too eager…but what a day, what ... ...ier poise had crumbled, and his inexperience showed. He scrambled against the closed door, striking it with a hoof, unnerving them both with the lou... ... sat together between races or if Julie stayed in the female section. The door closed, and they were gone. “Have you named a jockey for your big ho... ... since Kurt’s night visit, and the manure had compacted in dense layers. He closed the door on the stinking stall, hoping to keep the odor containe... .... The guy kicked like a mule. His leg felt like it had been stabbed with a hot poker. He bridled Ace and led him outside to where Sandra waited on a...

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...Hiram canted his head. “Surely, Mr. Royce.” He limped down the back steps. Royce closed the door and shot the bolt. He drew the chain and turned... ...ome to her eventually, she turned toward the hall. Jack took her elbow and quietly closed the door as they picked their way through the glass. T... ...tted some of her own facts. Since the time she was a little girl, she could keep a poker face, but her voice would change pitch whenever she thought... ...s Maggie rammed past her. Hannah seemed anxious, almost afraid of Maggie, when she closed the door. Now is not the time to knock on the front do... ... of the world. His eyes flickered behind wire glasses. “Why, no,” he said. “We’re closed all day Sunday.” “Then how did you know I drove through... ...ld the mug as it streamed beer on his uniform. When the maid left the room, having closed the door a little more firmly than necessary, Johnelle rep...

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...oked his head inside and the sensuous smell of lilac sifted through the air. He closed his eyes for an instant, inhaled deeply and smiled. River Son... ...melody of Pachabel, but a deep feeling of exhaustion caused his eyes to flutter closed. The darkness enveloped him like a satin shroud. Inky black ... ... warmth enter his eyes. He had never felt such peace and strength. Richard Hawk closed his eyes and his mind slipped back into a black silence. RCH... .... "And you're not making this very easy." River Song just stared at him. Hawk closed his eyes, he couldn't concentrate with her staring at him. He... ... stretched out his arms which spanned what supposedly was a king size bed, and closed his eyes. Quite unexpectedly, an intrusive and disturbing tho... ...- it was power - absolute power that motivated him. Mon­ ey, to Pierce, was like poker chips to be gambled with. Power, on the other hand, was a rare...

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...ging on our doors at 2 o’clock in the morning because the food pantry was closed. This is the life, and many of our best have eventually had nervous ... ...urself up before I see you again. Okay?” “Yes,” she said as the door closed behind him. Elated?--no, hardly with defecation sliding down ... ...rier on the adjacent wall tightly with both arms. And as she did this she closed her eyes, and began muttering “No" repetitiously. Then the screams ... ...door in her face, and locking it; of him hitting the boys with a fireplace poker; and of the house blowing up from that deliberate gas explosion righ...

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...ed by her mother, sought refuge between his legs and would not come out. She closed the legs like an iron gate. The mother did not seem to demand that... ...but he was told that it was not Ramyen. He didn't like the food and yet his closed lips twitched up smilingly as if the opposite were true. Deferent... ...esponsibilities, and in another had sunk into the mire of motherhood. Inside closed doors, she was resistant against the cat's cries. Empathy, she to... ...ts interrupting her contemplative sketches in the park, and bank tellers who closed the counters to go to lunch once she arrived at the head of the qu... ...e unwitting model. "I'm Lily." "Lily who?" Lily giggled audibly through the closed door. "Lily Rita" "Those are first names. What is your last name?... ...a little bit late for my two boys to be playing billiards like they are at a poker party?" "No, I donﾁOt Gabriele; and do you want me to tell you why?...