unearths some literary gems.
From Green Shiver, by Clyde B. Clason:
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She was as lovely as Yang Tai-chen, that celebrated court beauty of the T'ang dynasty.
And as modern as Rockefeller Center.
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"Mrs. Kroll told Rawley that she had driven over in the station wagon to spend the afternoon with one of her friends, Charlotte somebody-or-other."
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[Who Needs Context? dept.]
"Auxiliary verbs may make a tremendous difference."
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From
from The Good Thief's Guide to Venice, by Chris Ewan:
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Victoria dabbed her lips with her napkin and backed away from me with a palms-up gesture, like I was a stack of playing cards she'd carefully balanced and was loath to upset.
