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Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been... →
Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon... →
Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live, the more I think of it as a game... →
The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead... →
When I was young, I used to expect Parisians to wear little black berets, to bicycle about with strings of onions around their necks, and to brandish... →
When cars honk and hoot and drunks squeeze out of car windows and scream, you can be sure that football is in the air.
You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish... →
All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.
As a rough rule of thumb, I would say the smaller the pond, the more belligerent the fish.
Historians are the consummate hairdressers of the literary world: cooing in public, catty in private.
My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day.
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival.
The first sign builders are on their way is when - hey, presto! - a skip appears outside your house.
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