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  • The synopsis said it was a "wacky situation comedy chronicling the misadventures of Tommy, a newly indentured OASIS tech rep struggling to achieve his goals of financial independence and on-thejob excellence!"†   (source)
  • The royal bloodline of Jesus Christ has been chronicled in exhaustive detail by scores of historians.†   (source)
  • Gossip columnists across the country breathlessly chronicled their whirlwind romance.†   (source)
  • I do observe and chronicle my mom and dad, but they will not let me do much diagnostic work on their behalf.†   (source)
  • She ran a hand along the few feet of personal history, her brief chronicle of taste.†   (source)
  • Bibwit took down the first volume of the chronicle and set it with the other books and papers he'd collected for Alyss' lessons.†   (source)
  • I would chronicle all the things she did during the day.†   (source)
  • As his subjects grew older, Terman issued updates on their progress, chronicling their extraordinary achievements.†   (source)
  • For a few moments, the chroniclers wrote, the conquest was at an end …. but only for those few moments, before Aegon Targaryen and his sisters joined the battle.†   (source)
  • —A LETTER FROM NEW YORK IN THE MORNING CHRONICLE AND LONDON ADVERTISER NEWSPAPER†   (source)
  • The history of Turner Station is also chronicled in news articles and documents housed at the Dundalk Patapsco Neck Historical Society and the North Point Library in Dundalk, Maryland.†   (source)
  • He fries four cuts of bread and wraps them in pages of the Limerick Chronicle, two cuts in each coat pocket.†   (source)
  • Getting to the top, proclaimed Gunther O. Dyrenfurth, an influential alpinist and chronicler of early Himalayan mountaineering, was "a matter of universal human endeavor, a cause from which there is no withdrawal, whatever losses it may demand."†   (source)
  • The Arriaga hospital chronicles a parade of misery.†   (source)
  • His writing was filled with allusions to Chronicles, Isaiah, the Book of fohn, and Philippians.†   (source)
  • I awoke in a lungpipe on Hcaven's Gate, covered with vomit and rebreatber mold, nursing the Wcb's biggest beadache and the sure knowledge that I soon would have to start on Volume X of The Chronicles of the Dying Earth.†   (source)
  • "Walsh couldn't talk to us the day after," defensive back Eric Wright later told the San Francisco Chronicle.†   (source)
  • Sol Bloom, back in California, took his quest for a concession for his Algerian Village to an influential San Franciscan, Mike De Young, publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle and one of the exposition's national commissioners.†   (source)
  • The late twentieth century witnessed a great surge of Native American writing, much of which went back to tribal myth for material, for imagery, for theme, as in the case of Leslie Marmon Silko's "Yellow Woman," Louise Erdrich's Kashpaw/Nanapush novels, and Gerald Vizenor's peculiar Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles.†   (source)
  • 2 Chronicles 32:4.†   (source)
  • The district would never have sought advertising, its deputy superintendent told the Houston Chronicle, "if it weren't for the acute need for funds."†   (source)
  • Annie had chronicled the whole story in her meticulous way.†   (source)
  • Publications arose such as La Raza which chronicled through photos and prose the ongoing developments in the movement.†   (source)
  • Nothing I can think of, but someday some kid in a group home somewhere in Kansas—chronicled in Life magazine more than five years ago—may be touched by her courage, and I guarantee that will change his or her life forever.†   (source)
  • Clary remembered plowing through the entirety of The Chronicles of Prydain here, curled up in Luke's window seat as the sun went down over the East River.†   (source)
  • I was helping to chronicle history and science for anyone who opened those encyclopedias in the future.†   (source)
  • The poet Szlengel appeared daily with Leonid Fokczanski, the singer Andrzej Wlast, the popular comedian 'Wacus the Art-lover' and Pola Braunowna in the 'Live Newspaper' show, a witty chronicle of ghetto life full of sharp, risque allusions to the Germans.†   (source)
  • "She's not much of a horse, sir," Chronicler said.†   (source)
  • I scoop up the Miracle Breakthrough Bible and open it to the ribbon marker, which is at Chronicles 2.†   (source)
  • She'd made a grim figure on the Fiji beach during our two-week honeymoon, battling her way through a million mystical pages of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, casting pissy glances at me as I devoured thriller after thriller.†   (source)
  • Years later, reviewing the chronicle of those days, Dr. Juvenal Urbino confirmed that his father's methodology had been more charitable than scientific and, in many ways, contrary to reason, so that in large measure it had fostered the voraciousness of the plague.†   (source)
  • Now, I must be Sayyadina and observe the rite that it may be reported truly in the Chronicles.†   (source)
  • Don Colburn from the Washington Post interviewed me and wrote a lengthy and remarkably accurate major article, chronicling the surgery and following the family afterward.†   (source)
  • Sonja and I were excited to see the first high-quality dramatization of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series, books we had both enjoyed as kids.†   (source)
  • "I am applying for the job listed in this morning's Chronicle and I'd like to be presented to your personnel manager."†   (source)
  • Think of this as a small sample from the family chronicle I want you to write.†   (source)
  • Not surprisingly, the Duchess's grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled.†   (source)
  • When the chronicles of this age are written, shall they say we fought alongside the humans and the elves, as the heroes of old, or that we sat cowering in our halls like frightened peasants while a battle raged outside our doors?†   (source)
  • But Patrick's first priority was taking care of the shooting victims, who lay sprawled on the floor from the cafeteria to the gymnasium, a bloody trail that chronicled the shooter's movements.†   (source)
  • Photo negatives and camera disks, chronicling their years together.†   (source)
  • Some splendid nonfiction chronicle about sharing a three-bedroom house with six younger sisters, most of whom I'd been required to diaper?†   (source)
  • He'd earned a brief feverish fame in the chronicles of the time, part of the strolling band of tambourine girls and bomb makers, levitators and acid droppers and lost children.†   (source)
  • --LU XUN, "ANXIOUS THOUGHTS ON 'NATURAL BREASTS' " (1927) We've been chronicling the world of impoverished women, but let's break for a billionaire.†   (source)
  • Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Oscar Otis was one of the few truly knowledgeable turf scribes and dean of the western racing writers.†   (source)
  • At the time, Rick was producing a documentary about a Special Forces A-team of Green Berets, ODA 574, based on my book The Only Thing Worth Dying For, which chronicles 574's mission into southern Afghanistan in the weeks after 9/11.†   (source)
  • Two people in particular wanted to find out the truth: Anne Holmes and Carl Cunningham were dance critics for the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Post.†   (source)
  • But when he'd look up, after chronicling Etienne's rescue, or his lost days on the Baltoro, or his time in Korphe under the care of Haji Ali, Marina's eyes would be shining.†   (source)
  • The San Francisco Chronicle offered "Color Versions Hand-Painted by Trained Artists," and sold out in a day.†   (source)
  • After two years spent covering local interest on the Metro desk of the Chronicle, Cindy could feel a story that might jump-start her career.†   (source)
  • I have chronicled the miserable lives of the poorly fated.†   (source)
  • On the cover was inscribed The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod.†   (source)
  • At my interview for Successful Saving, I went in holding copies of the Financial Times and the Investor's Chronicle—and I didn't get asked about finance once.†   (source)
  • The observer, that old record keeper, the chronicler of events, made his appearance in that taxi.†   (source)
  • It was written by Herman Masin, the legendary sports chronicler.†   (source)
  • JON CARROLL started at the San Francisco Chronicle editing the crossword puzzle and writing TV listings.†   (source)
  • I have also tried to retain the tension and excitement of events in these five days, for there is an inherent drama in the story of Andromeda, and if it is a chronicle of stupid, deadly blunders, it is also a chronicle of heroism and intelligence.†   (source)
  • Edith, you better phone the reporter on the Weekly Chronicle and tell him what has happened.†   (source)
  • The St. James's Chronicle wrote contemptuously of "a foolish, obstinate, and unrelenting King."†   (source)
  • The novel chronicled missions in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.†   (source)
  • Practical considerations limited his letters to chronicling his academic struggles and assuring his father he was making new friends.†   (source)
  • A chronicle assembled by a Western scholar named Roger Botte contains many entries like this one, from the time of German rule: 1908.†   (source)
  • After chronicling the last days of Abraham Lincoln, the progression to John Kennedy was a natural.†   (source)
  • To walk in the spire-proud shade of Church Street is to experience the chronicle of a mythology that is particular to this city and this city alone, a trinitarian mythology with equal parts of the sublime, the mysterious, and the grotesque.†   (source)
  • My mother's diary chronicles it.†   (source)
  • In the rec hall one night they showed a movie on insects, The Something Chronicle.†   (source)
  • It was now the most respected such institution in France, and Hannah Weinberg was regarded as the foremost chronicler of the country's new wave of antiSemitism.†   (source)
  • Sophie had not spoken for very long, but her diction was rapidly decomposing into French, she felt unaccountably and deeply fatigued beyond the fatigue of her illness—whatever it was—and decided to make her chronicle even more brief than she had intended.†   (source)
  • But in addition to local news and chronicles, some foreign advertising creeps in.†   (source)
  • We have no idea of the value posterity will place on the events we attempt to chronicle.†   (source)
  • Then, pompously: "Human consciousness--an overwhelming joy, a monstrous torture, the most fantastic achievement of the whole fantastic chronicle of time and space: you have it in you but you haven't opened up to it yet, and suddenly it will be too late!†   (source)
  • Those were the first pages of the chronicle of mankind, it was only just beginning.†   (source)
  • History was his passion, and he spent his months of recuperation reading the chronicles of his legendary predecessors.†   (source)
  • CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE, Kingston, August 12th, 1843.†   (source)
  • He had written 120 pages of the family chronicle in rough draft.†   (source)
  • Why wouldn't Jesus have kept a chronicle of His ministry?†   (source)
  • Another book by the Martian Chronicle guy.†   (source)
  • "What a spectacle!" wrote Ray Stannard Baker in his American Chronicle.†   (source)
  • She was under no obligation to the truth, she had promised no one a chronicle.†   (source)
  • He picked up a clean linen cloth and turned to Chronicler.†   (source)
  • She has been e-mailing me for years, chronicling for me these changes that are reshaping Tinos.†   (source)
  • She is reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.†   (source)
  • Bast leaned forward, bringing his face close to Chronicler's.†   (source)
  • Magdalene's and Sarah's lives were scrutinously chronicled by their Jewish protectors.†   (source)
  • He failed again, so he put the album aside and went back to work on the family chronicle instead.†   (source)
  • Chronicler penned them down numbly, reciting the sounds as he wrote.†   (source)
  • I presume the family chronicle has now reached the chapter about Harriet.†   (source)
  • "You haven't written the Vanger family chronicle, which was agreed."†   (source)
  • Chronicler raised a hand to touch the back of his head.†   (source)
  • "It's really not my place to be steering him one way or another," Chronicler said stiffly.†   (source)
  • "I'm contracted by your uncle to write a family chronicle.†   (source)
  • "Mikael, Henrik isn't really interested in a family chronicle.†   (source)
  • "I suppose you know best," Chronicler said dubiously.†   (source)
  • "A chronicle in the spirit of the Addams family," Cecilia said.†   (source)
  • Chronicler quickly decided that whatever the man was cooking in the iron pot, he wanted none of it.†   (source)
  • Chronicler paused, thrown off his stride.†   (source)
  • "I'm counting on having a draft of the family chronicle complete in a month for Henrik to look at."†   (source)
  • He tossed Chronicler the purse and stuffed the beautiful royal-blue shirt into his saddlebag.†   (source)
  • "You must be Mikael Blomkvist, the one who's going to help Henrik with the family chronicle, right?"†   (source)
  • "Like some silly faerie story," Chronicler finished, his voice thin and pale as paper.†   (source)
  • You have enough material to finish the chronicle of the Vanger family.†   (source)
  • Chronicler hurried to unpack his satchel without so much as a glance in Bast's direction.†   (source)
  • "You needn't take it that way," Chronicler said quickly.†   (source)
  • He handed Chronicler a heavy piece of firewood.†   (source)
  • Chronicler blanched, his expression as stricken as if he'd been stabbed.†   (source)
  • Trembling slightly, Chronicler sat up in the bed and put his back against the wall.†   (source)
  • He motioned for Chronicler to pick up his pen.†   (source)
  • Bast slumped onto the stool without taking his eyes from Chronicler.†   (source)
  • Kvothe put on a gentle smile and gestured to Bast and Chronicler.†   (source)
  • Chronicler lay his pen down and massaged his hand.†   (source)
  • Chronicler remained where he was, pale and sweating.†   (source)
  • Taking a step back, Chronicler regained his composure and leveled the sword at the mercenary.†   (source)
  • Chronicler gave a choked scream and jerked away as if he had been jabbed with a hot poker.†   (source)
  • Chronicler's pen danced and scratched down the page as Kvothe watched it.†   (source)
  • Chronicler's breath stopped when he saw Kote's face.†   (source)
  • Chronicler's smile grew sour, and he swallowed the first words that came to his lips.†   (source)
  • Chronicler managed a sickly smile that was heartfelt in spite of the circumstances.†   (source)
  • You cannot know" Kvothe motioned for Chronicler to pick up his pen.†   (source)
  • "There's hardly any silver in it," Chronicler mumbled as he unscrewed it from his finger.†   (source)
  • He paused with one leg over the sill and looked back at Chronicler.†   (source)
  • He spoke so softly that Chronicler had to hold his breath to hear.†   (source)
  • Bast held Chronicler easily in front of him.†   (source)
  • As soon as he was out of sight, Bast leaned close to Chronicler's ear.†   (source)
  • After a moment's hesitation, Chronicler moved to the door of his room and locked it.†   (source)
  • "They say you never existed," Chronicler corrected gently.†   (source)
  • Bast tightened his grip, his thumb digging into the hollow beneath Chronicler's collarbone.†   (source)
  • "Not even two years," Chronicler protested.†   (source)
  • He took most of Chronicler's salt and a pair of bootlaces.†   (source)
  • Chronicler felt himself go cold as he suddenly realized what a dangerous game he was playing.†   (source)
  • "N–no," Chronicler stammered hastily "I'm the one—it was my fault, I'm sorry."†   (source)
  • Chronicler went pale at Bast's outburst.†   (source)
  • Chronicler reached out to take hold of the cord, his hand trembling slightly.†   (source)
  • Chronicler opened his eyes to a confusing mass of dark shapes and firelight.†   (source)
  • Chronicler's face was calm as he pressed the metal disk firmly onto the table with two fingers.†   (source)
  • Chronicler's hopes rose at the sight of a small cook fire with a pot hanging over it.†   (source)
  • Chronicler answered the question instead.†   (source)
  • Chronicler gripped the blankets bunched around his waist.†   (source)
  • Bast pushed himself away from Chronicler and took several steps back from the bed.†   (source)
  • Bast, let me introduce you to Devan Lochees, also known as Chronicler.†   (source)
  • "I know you're going to deny it," Chronicler said.†   (source)
  • Chronicler relaxed a bit, sensing familiar ground.†   (source)
  • A horrified look spread over Chronicler's face.†   (source)
  • Chronicler quietly copied to where Kvothe's finger pinned the paper to the table.†   (source)
  • Chronicler stood awkwardly in the empty room, unsure whether or not he had been dismissed.†   (source)
  • KVOTHE HELD OUT A hand to Chronicler, then turned to his student, frowning.†   (source)
  • Chronicler stepped into the circle of firelight.†   (source)
  • Chronicler and Bast stood as well, stretching their legs and attending to calls of their own.†   (source)
  • Chronicler laughed, then looked slightly taken aback, as if he'd surprised himself.†   (source)
  • "They're still telling them at the University," Chronicler said.†   (source)
  • It was looking," Chronicler said abruptly.†   (source)
  • "You seem a reasonable fellow," Chronicler said with a shrug.†   (source)
  • Kvothe stared at Chronicler and Bast in turn; neither could meet his eye for very long.†   (source)
  • But now …." he trailed off "Now people see him as an innkeeper," Chronicler said.†   (source)
  • Chronicler gave a hard, humorless laugh.†   (source)
  • Chronicler stared at the red-haired man behind the bar.†   (source)
  • He smiled wide at Chronicler, all the vagueness gone from his expression.†   (source)
  • "Well it's a demon for me too then," Chronicler said sharply.†   (source)
  • Chronicler frowned nervously and ran his hands through his hair.†   (source)
  • "I am behind schedule," Chronicler admitted.†   (source)
  • Chronicler shook his head, knowing a polite dismissal when he heard one.†   (source)
  • "I'll try" Chronicler drew a deep breath and began to write a line of symbols as he spoke.†   (source)
  • "There's nothing but paper and pens in there," Chronicler said.†   (source)
  • Chronicler gave a small, tight sigh and continued, "But what's done is done.†   (source)
  • Then, much to the scribe's dismay, he picked up the shirt Chronicler had bought back in Linwood.†   (source)
  • He set the glasses down as Bast and Chronicler eyed each other uneasily.†   (source)
  • Chronicler swallowed hard and seemed to regain some of his composure.†   (source)
  • He gestured for Chronicler to pick up his pen.†   (source)
  • "I don't know who you're waiting for," Chronicler said, taking a step backward.†   (source)
  • Frowning, Chronicler opened his mouth, but Bast held up a hand to stop him.†   (source)
  • "I never spoil pages," Chronicler said haughtily Kvothe nodded without looking up.†   (source)
  • "I can't tell what you're saying," Chronicler said.†   (source)
  • Chronicler's curiosity was almost palpable.†   (source)
  • He tapped Chronicler's pale cheek lightly.†   (source)
  • Finally, disregarding Kvothe's question, Chronicler asked, "Did you really learn Tema in a day?"†   (source)
  • Chronicler found himself thinking of a story he had heard.†   (source)
  • Chronicler reached inside his shirt and tugged something from around his neck.†   (source)
  • Chronicler took an eager step forward, sensing victory.†   (source)
  • The others took turns going through Chronicler's things.†   (source)
  • Chronicler stared at the red-haired man behind the bar.†   (source)
  • Chronicler watched the conversation incredulously.†   (source)
  • Chronicler let slip a small laugh, though he did not look up from his page or pause in his writing.†   (source)
  • Chronicler laughed again, seeming to find it easier the second time.†   (source)
  • Chronicler felt a pang of loss as he stared at the innkeeper with one hand hidden in a linen rag.†   (source)
  • Kote gave Chronicler a look of profound disdain.†   (source)
  • While the men repacked his travelsack, the commander turned to Chronicler.†   (source)
  • He'd come looking for revenge against Chronicler, who'd deflowered his sister off in Abbott's Ford.†   (source)
  • Bast gave an embarrassed smile as Chronicler picked up the glasses and moved back to the table.†   (source)
  • He stretched, and pulled his chair closer to Chronicler's.†   (source)
  • Kvothe nodded to himself and pressed the pen back into Chronicler's hand.†   (source)
  • Chronicler froze, then made his way slowly toward the bar.†   (source)
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