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fruit-in-the-bottom sounds like a homophobic uncles rule about bunkbeds

Playing off the NCAA basketball tournament's "March Madness" theme, Mr. Lemoncello declared the first Saturday in March "Library Lunacy Day.

And there's no place I'd rather be on my big day than inside a library, surrounded by books. Unless, of course, I could be on a bridge to Terabithia.

Sorry, Tom," said Mr. Lemoncello. "At the Lemoncello Library, we value the truth more than myths." "What about all those Percy Jackson books you have?" fumed Edison. "Those are myths!" "And they are correctly shelved as fiction.

Pffft. Are you kidding? We learned it in gym class." Okay. That was a lie.

Alexander Hamilton," said Hamilton. "My name is Alexander Hamilton." "I'm Peyton McCallister," said Peyton. "And nobody's done a musical about me, but just you wait. Just you wait.

Could a make-believe sheriff chop off Billy's head with a make-believe sword?

The promise of "treasure" has proven quite effective in luring Billy G. back to the island.

His favorite chicken dish is Artemis Fowl.

Being a math nerd led to those girl problems I told you about.

Kyle thought the Midwesterners looked like marching real-estate brokers. Or Charles Chiltington's cousins.

Bat guano," said Jake. "What's guano?" asked Kojo. "A fancy word for 'poop,' " said Grace.

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My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.

Diseases were conceived as transferring to the body when their qualities combine with the patient's temperament.

Dear Dick, I'm wondering why every act that narrated female lived experience in the '70s has been read only as "collaborative" and "feminist.

Isn't the greatest freedom in the world the freedom to be wrong? What hooks me on our story is our different readings of it. You think it's personal and private; my neurosis... I think our story is performative philosophy.

I thought its problem was the same problem many Jews have in wanting to "place" the Holocaust, to find some meaning or redemption. An end to rootless cosmopolitanism.

The author, at the time a Carter speechwriter in the 1980 campaign, showed visible distress at his boss's performance and was warned by a friend in the traveling press, lest he become the story.

The author defines professionalism as exemplified by his subjects in their mutual unwillingness to take expected opposition personally. They would not allow grudges to get in the way of more important business.

the Senate in 1958. He was the

As of 11 March 2013, Response Date has been modified FROM: 11 March 2013 TO: 29 March 2013.

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

We've had it checked and it reads like the ramblings of a drugged donkey