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...opped at the traffic lights, and tried to shut out the noise. He’d been a coach driver for 23 years and on most days he loved his job. Brian was dr... ...started yesterday. Brian opened his eyes to see the lights were green, as three drivers behind him started leaning on their horns. He inched the co... .... What was she playing at, the stupid little fool? She could kill herself. The driver of the car behind bibbed his horn again. Brian Hacker looked... ... roof looked down at the coach. She could see the disbelieving expression on the driver’s face. She considered giving him a little wave. She was enj... ...in the CCTV control room studying the endless hours of footage from the hospital tapes. His eyes felt like they were burned to a crisp. He had been ... ...ht that would mean going back to bed. But no, the guv’ wanted him to review the tapes of every other floor. She also wanted him to interview the 9... ...C Bowser got out his phone and rang DI Stannard. No answer. He kept watching the tape. He watched as several other patients, all in bandages, all ap... ...y children, assembled around the dead cleaner’s body. He was so engrossed in the tape that he failed to notice Nurse Sandrich holding her head in he... ...ck. Another officer came running. Nelson addressed him. “Molesey. Get this area taped off will you. Better let the Chief know.” Nelson turned to ...

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...verses with other writers. Many writers keep a favorite quote or Bible verse taped to their computer monitors, or as part of their e-mail signature or... ...njoy the collection, see how many of them also speak to you. Make a copy and tape one to your own monitor, or even better, be inspired to find your ow... ...st. Although his quest was quite different from that of today’s writers, the drive for excellence is comparable. It simply means chipping away life’s ... ... one’s favorite TV show. And yet, paradoxically, it is often television that drives me back into the fray. Who has not been insulted into action? Who ... ...t understand it. I had mimicked her stance to perfection. My mother-in-law’s drives rarely missed the fairway. I reasoned 43 that if I did everything... ...ub capability. With diligence and adaptability, I began to see more and more drives land in the fairway. As writers, we are driving a message toward t... ...he words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. And further , my son, be admonished ...

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...uld happen,” she said coolly. “And what would you do that day?” “I would drive to Fraser Island and lie with my entire body on the floury, white san... ...ick them up at the end. It’s a drinking party and I’d rather they didn’t drive, so I’m waiting for them to call,” he pointed to his mobile phone. ... ...n activities. The plane landed in a wide, dusty paddock and a four-wheel-drive was waiting there to pick her up. “Jay Banks,” a young man, about 1... ...erine, Michael and 11-year-old Liam to a hidden water source a few hours’ drive away. Liam thoroughly enjoyed her digital camera and took hundreds ... ...ted the things she had said to him over and over again. He went over the tapes in his head and tried to find out what he hadn’t been able to see wh... ...nderstanding Janet was. Her source said Jay's car had been parked in his driveway all night. “You need to live as if you have nothing to hide. Yo...

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...d in. A petite brunette quickly approached Stone and led him out of camera range. “Stop tape,” Brand said. “Back up. Who’s the young lady?” “Anni... ... Annie Jackson applying makeup to his face. In seconds, she wheeled her cart away. “Stop tape,” Brand shouted. “I didn’t see what Stone did with the... ...ing sure that Stone was centered in the frame.” Brand accepted the answer for now. “Roll tape.” Immediately, Jane Simmons entered the picture. “St... ...e sipped from a glass of water, after which Simmons moved it out of camera range. “Stop tape,” Brand asked again. “Run it again in slow motion.” ... ... the screen. They watched the same scene unfold as they did a dozen times before. “Stop tape,” Brand shouted. “Take it from where Stone starts to s... ... It was time to visit the illustrious Mrs. Stone. Brand parked his BMW in the circular drive in front of the massive Georgian mansion with its co... ...ed. Susan Stone licked her fingers sensually, and said, “I’m ready, when you are.” The drive to Terrazzo’s was mostly quiet, except for a brief di... ...e safe house, and drove the car into an underground garage. An attendant directed them to drive to an elevator. When the door opened, Brand drove th... ...need your car, just push the garage button three times, and it will take you to your car. Drive the car to the elevator and it will open automatical...

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...mall town, southern mindset, Hardin was homemade peach ice cream and ticker tape parades on every bank holiday, four lane intersections and an ATM on... ...ctance she really didn’t feel, Julia reached through the open window of the driver’s side and pulled the lever under the dash. While Cade poked unde... ...he slammed his own door shut. Cade gunned the engine and took off down the driveway, kicking up gravel behind him. After a full minute, Julia was... ...rsation moving. His hair was windblown and mussed and her fingers itched to drive through it. “I was scouted pretty heavily my first year at colle... ...lly, really mattered to her how he answered. He pulled the truck into her driveway and Julia gathered her things, juggling them while she opened t... ...he little black-framed glasses perched on the end of her nose and one slim, tapered finger absently tugged at a stray, glossy black curl. He was pl... ...us game, one he didn’t know how to escape gracefully. As he pulled into the driveway at his parents’ house, Cade pushed everything out of his and br... ... ran his hand through his immaculate hair. The two white strips of medical tape across his nose wrinkled as he clenched his eyes shut. “What are th...

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...epping carefully on a pebbled path in its midst. Then, sighing but never stooping, he would drive his green trolley – a tall and stout and handsome... ... my method? He snorts. "It puts me to sleep, your martingale" – he grunts – "Its slowness drives me to distraction. I came here to enjoy myself, no... ...urnal queue. Eli sprawls across the upholstered back seat for a quick shut-eye. I give the driver the name of our hotel at the heart of Madrid and ... ...e road unwinds, they restlessly realign their bodies, attuned to seats and neighbours. Our driver deftly skirts the terminal's piers and ramps. Betw... ...– exhorts a representative of the law – be on alert, examine suspect objects, call on your driver if in doubt. Pay heed to dubious characters and o... ... AM. Five minutes prior to his death, he made use of a stained rotary dial phone, its duct-taped parts precariously clinging to each other. His spe... ...ron juts, stabbing four walls coarsely mortared by the inmates. Pipes conjoined with mouldy tape drip onto the twin contraptions – the malignantly o... ...y skin. Frozen light sculptures where wrinkles dwell. Embroidered shades, in thick-maned tapestry. Your lips depart in scarlet, flesh to witheri...

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...tered the scene a good ten minutes later, after sending one of the villagers to the police, which is some 6 KM away. Still, the driver was busy talk... ...iders that one leg still unrequited. Time will tell. 53 15. Dying in time The sleek and expensive four-wheel drive screeched to a... ... “Which is?” 64 “An oxymoron.” “Very funny.” “I know. I’m funny. But seriously, I never knew I had such passion. Such drive. Such lust.” ... ...barks at the bartender who, in turn, looks at me. I nod. She fumbles behind the counter for what I presume to be a kwasa kwasa tape. I gulp down my...

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... opened to them by red-coated British sentries and they proceeded up a long, semi-circular gravel drive bordered by rhododendrons, oleanders, hibisc... ...his horse. Helen walked out on the verandah to watch the horse and rider disappear down the long drive, and wondered at her sudden feeling of loss. ... ...ed garden. THE CURSE OF KALI 53 Suddenly she heard the clatter of horses’ hooves on the gravel drive. As the riders came nearer, she realised tha... ...all too evident in this vast rectangular room - marble floors covered with Persian carpets, rich tapestries adorning the walls and crystal oil lamps... ...en throne. Mohammed Hassan Khan was a corpulent man, dressed in a jewel-encrusted, gold tunic and tapered gold pantaloons. He wore a gold pugree in ... ...propelled firmly by the Countess in the direction of John MacGregor, who was examining one of the tapestries at the far corner of the hall. The gia... ...en he brought his mouth down onto hers in a lingering kiss, which he ended, reluctantly, when the driver of their carriage was challenged by the sen... ... by the fierce Rohilla guards. To Helen, however, the most treasured wedding gift was a beautiful tapestry, worked by Rosita, depicting her favourit... ...remorse when he shot his first tiger. Everyone was waiting in the camp to see the dreaded quarry. Tape measures were produced to measure the length ...

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...ace on a small platform, which had been erected beside the fountain. Behind the platform, tapestries were draped with the Royal Family crest, a stan... ...eared in front of the stage with the lion Amsara, who had been waiting behind the draped tapestries with another keeper to make his appearance. The... ...nly preyed on his growing sense of self-doubt. At the far end of the courtyard several ox-driven wagons had pulled up and the coverings were taken o... ...ather was taken from her and her mom in a devastating car accident, the result of a drunk driver who stupidly chose to get behind the wheel late one... ...tly for the lion’s safe return. yyyyy The lion raced determinedly towards the river, driven by instinct and a single purpose, instilled at birt... ...hing was elegant, and evidence of great wealth was every- where around them – paintings of tapestries, linens, chests, sculptures, vases. “This was o... ...“Alex, why don’t you go back and shine the light through the crystal again. I’ll use some tape to mark the outline of the image.” “Good idea,” she a... ... “Perfect, hold it there while I trace the head,” Mitch said as he traced the image with tape. Once he finished, Alex joined him. She ran her finge... ...t is why they were granted those permits Abner. They deserved them. They are hardworking, driven, resourceful and passionate. Those are exactly the ...

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... my conscience warranted: but your defec- tion from your legal studies had driven you far to leeward in my father’s good opinion. ‘Unstable as water, ... ...ith blue eyes, fair hair, a tattered plaid, and a willow-wand in her grip, drives out the village cows to the loaning. Do not think you will meet a ga... ...hem with their barbed spears, as you see hunters spearing boars in the old tapestry. The salmon, to be sure, take the thing more quietly than the boar... ...u varlet! Solomon—thou fool!’ when the couple presented themselves in full drive, Solomon having now decidedly obtained the better of the conflict, an... ...long looked forward, and my absenting myself at this moment would wellnigh drive him distracted. Yet I shall go altogether distracted myself, if I hav... ...an to draw out; the various bundles of papers, secured by none of your red tape or whipcord, but stout, substantial casts of tarred rope, such as migh... ...ut it had been re- cently built up, as I discovered by removing a piece of tapes- try which covered the fresh mason-work. I found some of my clothes h... ... as they were to the creature’s wearied hams with large bunches of worsted tape of various colours, they looked as if he had been dragging them along,... ...lan had time to comment upon this repulse, a small side-door, covered with tapestry, was opened; the hangings were drawn aside, and a lady, as if by s...

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... ’twas fwhat he thought, “the ar- rangement is as clear as mud. Jungi will drive the carr’ge afther all’s over, an’ you come to the station, cool an’ ... ...when Simmons had to stay awake hour after hour, tossing and turning on the tapes, with the dull liver pain gnaw- ing into his right side and his head ... ...at a huge hand and what a squeeze! I don’t suppose he meant it, but he has driven the rings into my fingers. POOR DEAR MAMMA. Has Vermillion come roun... ...PT. G. There’s nothing to forgive. It was my fault. They were too near the drive. For God’s sake don’t talk so, Minnie! There’s such a lot to say and ... ...n’t go. JUNIOR CHAPLAIN. Do him good! (Smiling.) Give me the chit and I’ll drive. Let him lie down. Your horse is block- ing my cart—please! CAPT . M.... ...lus.) It would have served me right if he’d cut me across the face. He can drive too. I shouldn’t care to go that pace in a bamboo cart. What a faith ...

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...eck. “Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven, To hang their momentary fire Around the vault of heaven. “So fire w... ...ing in a nameless yeast. A boggy, soggy, squitchy picture truly, enough to drive a nervous man distracted. Y et was there a sort of indefinite, half-a... ...nds the vast arched bone of the whale’s jaw, so wide, a coach might almost drive beneath it. Within are shabby shelves, ranged round with old decanter... ...cylinders without—within, the villanous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom. Parallel meridians rudely pecked in... ... bitterly will burst those straps in the first howling gale, when thou art driven, straps, buttons, and all, down the throat of the tempest. But think... ... bountiful horse-chestnuts, candelabra-wise, prof- fer the passer-by their tapering upright cones of congregated blossoms. So omnipotent is art; which... ... profoundest homage; yea, an all-abound- ing adoration! for almost all the tapers, lamps, and candles that burn round the globe, burn, as before so ma... ...latter, yet that small section of him is all wrong. It looks more like the tapering tail of an anaconda, than the broad palms of the true whale’s maje... ...air impelling her keel, so that in the surrounding serenity her three tall tapering masts mildly waved to that languid breeze, as three mild palms on ...

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... “here is a mar- riage which does not appear to make everybody happy.” “It drives me to despair,” said Fernand. “Do you, then, love Mercedes?” “I ador... ... appearance, despite her fifty years — “ah, these revolutionists, who have driven us from those very possessions they afterwards purchased for a mere ... ..., to rush fearlessly on the very bayonets of his foe, will scruple more to drive a stiletto into the heart of one he knows to be his personal enemy, t... ... on his shoulders, he sprang into the carriage, ordering the postilions to drive to M. de Saint-Meran’s. The hapless Dantes was doomed. As the marquis... ...grasped it in my hand, put out the flame as quickly as I could, lighted my taper in the fire itself, and opened the crumpled paper with inex- pressibl... ...hile the feet rested on a Turkey carpet, in which they sunk to the instep; tapestry hung before the door by which Franz had entered, and also in front... ...yours to share, if you will. Ali, is the supper ready?” At this moment the tapestry moved aside, and a Nubian, black as ebony, and dressed in a plain ... ...ble servant going first to show the way?” At these words, moving aside the tapestry, Sinbad preceded his guest. Franz now looked upon another scene of... ...ermingled with magnificent trophies of war, while heavy curtains of costly tapestry were suspended before the different doors of the room. “If your ex...

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...just pretended. We used to hop out of the woods and go charging down on hog drivers and women in carts taking garden stuff to market, but we never h... ...idn’t let on. I got the thing, and the first rat that showed his nose I let drive, and if he’d a stayed where he was he’d a been a tolerable sick rat... ...el bonnet with a black veil, and white slim ankles crossed about with black tape, and very wee black slippers, like a chisel, and she was leaning pen... ...was made out of outside slabs of logs, with holes bored in the round side to drive sticks into for legs. They didn’t have no backs. The preachers had ... ...s through, and the undertaker begun to sneak up on the coffin with his screw driver. I was in a sweat then, and watched him HUCKLEBERRY FINN 127 pret... ...an was for going along with me, HUCKLEBERRY FINN 156 but I said no, I could drive the horse myself, and I druther he wouldn’t take no trouble about ... ...KLEBERRY FINN 197 and about this time they was through with the job and was tapering off with a kind of generl good bye cussing, and then the old doc...

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...A young black man is shot down in the streets in a drive-by. But a mistake has been made. Kelly shouldn't have died. So he's returned to Earth?in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the questions surrounding his...

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...something that happened to other people—like AIDS, vehicular manslaughter, drive-by shootings and serial killers. An aneurysm was something that happe... ...houghts. "He's only going to bring you down, Dagny. That is, if he doesn't drive you away again, hon—" "Now wait a minute, Curtis. You want to talk ab... ...fluenced household was the musical collection. There were rows and rows of tapes and CDs outlining a rather soulful, R&B taste in music. Earth, Wind a... ...wolf down a steak- and-potato dinner with all the trimmings like a big rig driver. It had always been one of the things he'd found odd and appealing a... ... Kelly's elbows, opened the passenger door. Kelly hesitated. "Just a short drive around the block, then I'll take you wherever you want to go." "Edge.... ...ide had been so relaxing and smooth and peaceful. Edge had had a nice jazz tape playing in the deck, classic Will Downing—right up Kelly's alley. The ... .... New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 120 Kelly grabbed a few of the tapes with the "wedding" markings on their spine and carried them to the li... ...e living room. He stacked three of them on the coffee table and popped the tape marked "#2: The Reception" into the VCR. It was rewound all the way to... ...t sickening-sweet waves. Kelly punched the remote, stopped and ejected the tape. He pulled the video from the VCR slot, stared at the spine for a long...

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...lished in the United States of America Tigress Press, LLC 2509 Morning Glory Drive Columbia, MO 65202 www.tigresspress.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For my mo... ...d walls, and woven rugs of scarlet, gold, and black covered the stone floor. Tapestries of ancient fairie kings and queens draped the walls. Tables, c... ...tly where the rift would open. For seven years, no matter the weather, she’d driven monthly to the area and, sitting cross-legged on the ground, she’d... ...nine-thirty. What’s her name?” “Elaine something or other,” she said. “I can drive myself. It’s better this way. I hate airport good-byes.” She stood ... ...Rourk and his family a gift. Would it seem pushy? She’d finally decided on a tapestry of the San Francisco skyline at night. It would look beautiful o... ...e for her, but thank God he had. Her lips thinned in exasperation. The drunk driver had stolen three of her days. Three whole days. And she’d lose the... ...ing you or the babe yet again.” She turned her back to him and stared at the tapestry on the far wall. The weavers had finished it only yester- day. I... ...her gaze over the room. It was nice enough, all the stone walls covered with tapestries of forest scenes. The one with the unicorns bathing in the str... ...ed, and she reached for something to hold her upright. Her fingers grasped a tapestry, and it ripped from the wall as she dropped to her knees. The sh...

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...onto the bus, which by this time had many vacant seats. Mr. Jago, the bus driver, turned in his seat. The plumpish man in his fifties watched Chris ... ... rear vision mirror at Jackson and his mates, whom now sat silent. The bus driver shook his head whilst mumbling something under his breath pertainin... ...etheless, she’d grown impatient with the renovations being held up by red tape, as she saw it. They had already planned to add on a couple of bedroo... ...ndouts, even from her grandfather. Having not heard the Ute pull into the drive, Chris didn’t notice the owner of the vehicle standing behind her. T... .... In no hurry to do homework or chores, the three children dawdled up the drive. Kelly was the first to notice the white Ute parked at the side of t... ...ittle more lady-like? You’re starting to sound like a beer guzzling truck driver!” “That’s below the belt Pop.” Chris felt the sting of the remark an...

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...wick Mall, a large family coach, with two fat horses in blazing har- ness, driven by a fat coachman in a three-cornered hat and wig, at the rate of fo... ...—Johnson’s Dixonary, you know; you mustn’t leave us without that. Good-by. Drive on, coachman. God bless you!” And the kind creature retreated into th... .... When dressed at length, in the afternoon, he would issue forth to take a drive with nobody in the Park; and then would come back in order to dress a... ...“God bless you, my dear, always come here when you come to town, you know.—Drive to the Mansion House, James.” Finally came the parting with Miss Amel... ... the great Commoner) was the son of Walpole Crawley, first Baronet, of the Tape and Seal- ing-Wax Office in the reign of George II., when he was im- p... ...y fine imposed upon W alpole Crawley, first baronet, for peculation in the Tape and Sealing Wax Office. Sir Walpole was a jolly fellow, eager to seize... ...h and En- glish languages (they had been purchased by the Secretary of the Tape and Sealing Wax Office at the period of his disgrace), and as nobody e... ...corner; he has his bundle of papers out of his gaping coat pocket; and the tape off, and the string in his mouth, and the favourite letters selected a... ...ng else, as he sate thrumming on his pa- pers and fumbling at the worn red tape. “Y ou’re a military man,” he went on; “I ask you, Bill Dob- bin, coul...

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...country make themselves the accomplices of the very people whose aim is to drive them out of their houses to starve in ditches. And they have the poli... ...iled with printers’ ink. The posters, maculated with filth, garnished like tapestry the sweep of the curbstone. The trade in afternoon papers was bris... ...ett Street, interrupted that remi- niscence abruptly. The Chief Inspector, driven down to the ground by unfair artifices, had elected to walk the path... ...om his perch was aware of having been boarded by a fare. It was not a long drive. It ended by signal abruptly, nowhere in particular, between two lamp... ...out and away, leaving an effect of uncanny, eccentric ghastliness upon the driver’s mind. But the size of the coin was satisfactory to his touch, and ... ...red about the humble abode of Mr V erloc’s domestic happi- ness, seemed to drive the obscurity of the street back upon itself, make it more sullen, br... ... head, with the hair done for the night in three plaits tied up with black tapes at the ends. And he forbore. Mr V erloc loved his wife as a wife shou...

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...f vari ous kinds, distorted figures in china and wood and iron and ivory: tapestry and strange furniture that might have been designed in dreams. The... ...th a sigh, ‘what is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather! W... ...word to you, for a long time,’ the boy replied, ‘but the people below have driven me away and wouldn’t let me see you. You don’t believe— I hope you d... ...you. I can say that, with a true and honest heart, any way. And then to be driven from the door, when I only came to ask how old master was—!’ The Old... ...wheeled chaise’ drawn by a little obstinate looking rough coated pony, and driven by a little fat placid faced old gentleman. Beside the little old ge... ..., and looking round observed an empty cart approaching pretty briskly. The driver on coming up to them stopped his horse and looked earnestly at Nell.... ...ed by the stopping of the cart, which was about to turn up a bye lane. The driver kindly got down to help her out, and pointing to some trees at a ver... ...t, she arose from her stool, tied her papers into a formal packet with red tape, and taking them under her arm, marched out of the office. Mr Swivelle...