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a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
- Across the aisle, celebrities formed a comet: from the small point of Ellsworth Toohey, well in front, a tail of popular names stretched through the crowd: Lois Cook, Gordon L. Prescott, Gus Webb, Lancelot Clokey, Ike, Jules Fougler, Sally Brent, Homer Slottern, Mitchell Layton.4.18 — Part 4 Chapter 18 (5% in)
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