unearths some literary gems.
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It was dinnertime and Pierre Marie Cloche, member of the Committee on Outer Space, was sick of outer space.
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[Humorous Mustache dept.]
Henry was very glad to see that quizzical face punctuated by the small, humorous mustache.
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He had to drop the phone on her ignited curiosity.
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the backyards in the hollow of the block--a honeycomb of fences, each taxpayer jealously marking off the limits of his irritation.
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She had a disconcerting habit of turning on a stare and forgetting to turn it off while she did further thinking.
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Henry found it impossible to be enthusiastic when enthusiasm was so obviously expected.
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Henry was not terribly interested in a view of Claude Bernard, through binoculars or any other way.
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[Bonus: a UN worker "with a briefcase coming in to sit like an archive behind her countrymen."]
