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...ked into position, and universally-equipped with locking tool boxes giving purpose to otherwise empty beds--had formed a defensive line on the torrid gravel in front of Jake's. By day a respectable diner and by night a bar that promised totally exotic dancing--whatever that meant, since no local dared investigate--Jake's was the social epicenter of Blue Earth...an ever-...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil?s Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him. His infantile countenance was livid with fury. His small body was writhi...

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...STREETS BY STEPHEN CRANE Chapter I A VERY LITTLE BOY stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urch... ...il’s Row throats. Tattered gamins on the right made a furious assault on the gravel heap. On their small, convulsed faces there shone the grins of tru...

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...question.’ A car horn gave three sharp blasts. ‘Ah ha. We have visitors.’ They watched through the window as a large black car crunched over the gravel and parked directly in front of the house. Two guards in glistening black leather sprang from the rear doors and crouched each side of the car, assault rifles at the ready, heads and eyes flicking from side to side, no...

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...This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day. The children’s wishes send them on adventure after adventure, but ra...

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...This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day. The children’s wishes send them on adventure after adventure, but ra...

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... park on the side of a street. His eyes were fixed on a barren serenity of gravel and weeds that was in the vicinity of a pier. The sun was now risin... ...ging the sooty sediments that were diluted within. He wanted to go to the gravel and eat along the side of begging dogs of which the bodies were defl... ... the pork to feed the dogs; but in so doing he glimpsed someone. Past the gravel were sidewalks and stores and further was a department store. Next ... ...of those blinds were of the same trash cans on the same pavement near some gravel. That had been reassuring to him. Now, he had been extracted from th... ... there was Lumpini Park. An unknown girl was sitting on a mat in the gravel in a far corner of the entrance to the park. Immediately behind her... ...n tiny bicycle-driven stores, and the glass aquarium fruit cars with their gravel of ice that other hapless ones pushed along the street; and from it ...

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...inding new things about yourself - the diamonds that you treasure and the gravel that you want to leave outside. Write them down and continue to af...

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...me cushions he prepared. She glanced aimlessly at a guava tree that shot among the trail of gravelled stones. My grandfather contemplated her awhile... ...udation from upper lips with blotted synthetic handkerchiefs. They address me in a foreign, gravelling, language. They use elephantine, venous, legs... ...ess neck. The driver disembarks through the pneumatically susurrating doors. He walks the gravel path adjacent to the highway, desperately trying ... ...Perhaps not so explicitly, but both your eyes are moist, reflecting your vulnerability. I gravely radiate my utter guarantee of splendid outcomes. ... ...merge in light, I gazed at curtained windows tightly shut. I window-shopped and kicked some gravel. At the entrance to my building I didn't turn on ... ... Brown signs with massive yellow lettering were everywhere. She navigated deftly among the gravel and the fences until we reached a bank of crates... ...oughout it all, I couldn't stop shivering. A uniformed officer of the Border Police leafed gravely through my documents, comparing them to a neatly... ...d his feet along the silt-spattered road to our barracks. Sometimes he stopped and kicked a gravel listlessly, watching its trajectory transfixed, u... ...stly – "Stop eating so much. Work out!" I give him the letter I composed and he ponders it gravely. Then he folds it carefully and withdraws an env...

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...ght to testify to the mischief which had been done by these means. A countryman gravely related how, passing a day by the house of one of the women, ... ...for those parts; as Night-shade, Alkakenge and Nux Visicaria. These relieve the gravel and stone. Herbs formed like the milt, as Miltwort, Splee...

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...- were opened to them by red-coated British sentries and they proceeded up a long, semi-circular gravel drive bordered by rhododendrons, oleanders, ... ...l-stocked garden. THE CURSE OF KALI 53 Suddenly she heard the clatter of horses’ hooves on the gravel drive. As the riders came nearer, she reali...

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...or shut. Cade gunned the engine and took off down the driveway, kicking up gravel behind him. After a full minute, Julia was unable to keep her q... ...out of the jeep. Except for one other car, his was the only vehicle in the graveled lot. Cade carefully walked down to the small picnic area, his d... ... walked down to the small picnic area, his dress shoes slippery on the worn gravel. As he neared, he realized a woman had scoped out his favorite ... ...ather listened patiently while the story poured out of him, nodding his head gravely and making comforting noises when speaking proved too difficult ... ...Paige said lots of bad words and her baby came out of her tummy,” Laura said gravely. “It was so gross.” “You were there,” Cade asked, amazed. M...

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...ere always magnified. Eyes closed, he listened for the telltale crunch of gravel that signaled Donil's and Jacques' arrival. “Glad you could join me... ...s stomped off, got in his car and peeled out of the parking lot, spraying gravel in his wake. Stefan stood there, a huge grin on his face. ~***~ Lay...

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... get away from something. My racing was running, the seclusion had deepened my being far from anything I could remember, my home, the language of the gravel roads and the dark, a seclusion unfamiliar with what I normally saw, and I was unable to reconcile it to the endless whispers from the silence of the trees. They were audible, distinct, and formless. I had not slept fo...

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......4 Tree felled ....................5 Inspire ........................6 Digging spuds ..................7 Locked Lips ....................8 Gravel .........................9 Swimming .......................10 Wrinkles .......................15 Unbalanced .....................16 About Hurling ..................17 Heavenly path ..................18 Thic...

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...ith a light laugh. ‘Come on.’ She hoisted a small pack onto her shoulder and led the way along the track to the main road, across it and down a short gravel track past a row of old fishermen’s huts set high on stumps in case of flooding. Over the years they’d been renovated and were now desirable properties. The hum of air conditioners and television soaps floated on the h...

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...f takes the path that leads off the seafront at speed, even though the path now leads upwards Stef is going too fast and skids on some loose dirt and gravel. In a big swirling of dust and stones Stef skids off the path and nearly loses complete control; as he wobbles dangerously, almost falling to the concrete several feet below. Putting on the brakes he skids to a halt an...

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...: 21,000 km total (1984); 2,800 km hard surface, 1,650 km bituminous treated gravel and improved earth, 16,550 unimproved earth and tracks Inland wate... ...1986 Highways: 4,989 km total; 1,287 km paved, 1,609 km crushed stone and/or gravel, 2,093 km improved or unimproved earth (1975) Inland waterways: 43... ...track Highways: 80,000 km total; 60,000 km concrete or bituminous, 20,000 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth Pipelines: crude oil, 6,612 km; r... ...28 km total; 8,577 km bituminous-surface treatment, 29,350 km crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth, remainder unimproved earth Inland waterways: 1... ... electrified Highways: 208,350 km total, of which 47,550 km paved, 39,500 km gravel, 101,000 km improved earth, 20,300 km unimproved earth Inland wate... ...vately owned track) Highways: 837,872 km total; 243,750 km paved, 228,396 km gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized soil surface, 365,726 km unimproved ... ... km are unpaved; additionally, there are 60,800 km of communal roads (mostly gravel, crushed stone, earth) Inland waterways: 446 km Ports: 2 major riv... ...nications Railroads: none Highways: 2,400 km total; 1,350 km paved, 1,050 km gravel Ports: 2 major (Freeport, Nassau), 9 minor Civil air: 9 major tran... ...mmunications Railroads: none Highways: 1,570 km total; 1,475 km paved, 95 km gravel and earth Ports: 1 major (Bridgetown), 2 minor Civil air: 2 major ...

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...ting the absence of security cams, then slipped out the end door and onto the graveled lot. Exterior barn lights cast only a feeble glow, and traile... ...utside. There wasn’t much clearance under the trailer, but he dropped to the gravel and squeezed beneath the floorboards. Gravel pricked his back, ... ...simply couldn't see what had prompted him to follow this particular trailer. Gravel crunched, and the smell of chewing tobacco wafted on the breeze.... ...re it was just him and three horses. A nice break, almost a vacation… Otto's gravelly voice shattered the serenity. “My horse ain’t lame, and I want... ...actions, no interruptions, no Bixton. Equanimity restored, he cut across the gravel to his motel. Reached in his pocket, searching for his room car... ...shoved his head in the air then bolted, a streak of gray against the bleached gravel. Nose down, he followed Julie's trail. The dog’s boisterous gre... ...gh trail but it’s isolated, and we'll see more wildlife.” He eased onto the gravel lot. There were no other vehicles, and there was plenty of room... ...y pressed against him made his heartbeat rev. He couldn’t get enough. Honk! Gravel crunched as a truck wheeled past, and a man’s voice yelled ribal... ...shallow side channel, catching up to Julie and Dusty just as they entered the gravel bar. He positioned Cisco directly behind her, timing it so his ...

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...elief came to his aching back after dropping the unconscious weight on the gravel beside the first set of tracks. Panting, he flicked his fiery red f... ... later see reprimands. With no handcart to haul the body, he ploughed the gravel with his boot. "Alex will go off her face!" Shaun turned his foot to... ...reflexes. With above average fighting skills, the Rider sent Shaun to the gravel. Both rolled about on the railings exchanging blow for blow. Shaun ... ... ones. With mourners having departed earlier, David remained seated on the gravel, resting against the concrete wall. Caught up in his own thoughts, ... ...y tunnels linked tracks that crossed on dry rotting sleepers embedded in gravel. Their breaths revealed the cold stale air. Disturbed dust confirme... ...g he agreed with her. In a shadowed corner, Alex cleared the thin layer of gravel with her foot, revealing the lid of a small metal box. Having drawn... ...Walking like spiders, the tips of their legs made tinkering sounds on the gravel. One by one, they disappeared into the darkness. Relieved, the three... ...he adjoining tunnel with remnants of railway sleepers partially buried in gravel. Numerous times, she'd glanced over the huge area with tanks of fue...

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...ripods glared over the lawn and sweeping driveway. Cop cars jammed together on the gravel and the grass. Thinking of his client, Donald Marte... ...stomped to his car and roared the engine. The tires kicked up a trail of fine white gravel as he backed out of the driveway. At the curb, he jerke... ... The only soul inside was the clerk. A left turn, and another, and she was in the gravel alley that ran behind Magnolia Street. She flicked... ...hen, just at the brink, she jerked the car left. It plowed up the shoulder, spewing gravel. But she couldn’t outrun the truck. It roared alongside... ...etting worse. And all her kata training didn’t help. The Volvo’s tires threw up gravel when she pushed the brake in the empty stable yard. Then ... ... another game. She spotted Dees patrol car turn onto Magnolia. He pulled onto the gravel driveway, her on his wheels. He got out and raised his...