Too tight

"What do you think about Southern Illinois," asked Miss Weston, "it's got a great communications department, one of the best in the nation." Sarah Foster looked intently at the brochure her guidance counselor had placed[…]

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Mixed metaphors xii

Mixed Metaphors XII It was Sunday morning; four am when Becky got out of bed and cruised the front room like a morning watch police officer looking for bodies and various types of damage. Everyone[…]

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More cousin judy

At the breakfast table, cousin Judy sat with her bowl of cereal eating away, not paying me any attention while I sat to her right, reading the newspaper and having a bowl of Cheerios myself.[…]

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The outsiders

The Outsiders Jackie Thomas was an outsider just about from the day that she was born in Washington. Almost as soon as the little black girl could stand up and walk, she stuck out from[…]

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Turning point

.TURNING POINT, THE BEGINNING All through life we encounter situations that causes our lives to take a different direction. A turning point that changes our life and set us off in a different direction that[…]

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Scandal

I had promised myself a year ago that I would not represent a client involved in a scandal. As the founding partner of a prestigous Washington D.C. law firm. I could and would control watching[…]

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Control

sighed Hanna Cord out loud, "the last appointment of the day!" And it had been a long day, up at six, first appointment at 7:30, drive thirty miles through heavy traffic for her ten o'clock,[…]

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