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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, and then suddenly it hit me.

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Judge Taylor looked daggers at Atticus, as if daring him to speak. -Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird.

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It's only forty miles to the ranch as the crow flies, but on the winding local roads, it takes about two hours.

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Would you mind lending me your pencil? I tried using mine, but it's pointless.

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Harry remarked that the new book on anti-gravity was impossible to put down.

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Judy gazed at the ancient pug that seemed to sleep all day and noted, "You're an energetic puppy!"

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If you're going to become true dodgeballers, then you've got to learn the five d's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge! —Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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When I was a teenager, reading was my ticket to foreign lands: I traveled to India, China, and Antarctica without ever leaving the comfort of my home.

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Connor is a real Benedict Arnold. After promising to work on my campaign for class president, he decided to support my opponent.

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"This mattress is as soft as concrete," Omar complained as he tested the bed in his hotel room.

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Erin Brockovich, a single mother with no legal training, helped win a daunting court battle against a Goliath energy company.

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During much of the twentieth century, artistic types were a dime a dozen in Greenwich Village.

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From the warmth and safety of their beds, the villagers listened to the screaming storm until daybreak. Then there was silence.

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I was just beginning to yawn with nerves . . . when I knew his tattarrattat at the door. —James Joyce, Ulysses

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At twenty-one, Deion felt overwhelmed with adult responsibilities and wished he could fly off to Neverland.

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We held our breath as the basketball made an arc toward the basket and then sunk into the net with a satisfying whoosh.

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“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary . . .” —Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

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“Let the rain kiss you.” —Langston Hughes, "April Rain Song"

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In the 1950s, there was great societal pressure on women to stay at home and raise children. Many women enjoyed doing so, but for others, home was a prison they yearned to escape.

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“On the sandbanks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.” —John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men