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an energetic style
- On Christmas Eve, 1964, two American servicemen were killed in Saigon when Viet Cong terrorists bombed the U.S. billets; one week later, on New Year's Eve, Hester threw up—perhaps she upchucked with special verve, because Owen Meany was prompted to take the power of Hester's puking as a sign.p. 468.0
There are no more uses of "verve" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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