| ?Oh, how I do love you, Mo,? said David Webb?s... 890 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|03:26 am] |
?Oh, how I do love you, Mo,? said David Webb?s wife, squeezing Panov?s arm
?Let me count the ways,? responded the doctor, kissing her cheek
?I?m here,? said Conklin?My name is Alex and I have a couple of things to talk about and they
don?t include meat loafAlthough I should tell you, Marie, I told Peter Holland yesterday that it
was terrific
?What?s with my damned meat loaf??
?It?s the red sauce,? interjected Panov
?May we get to what we?re here for,? said Jason Bourne, his voice a monotone
?We?ll be working with the Soviets Conklin spoke quickly, his rush of words countering the
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| I didn't know if Ian had gone to get him or if... 640 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2010|04:56 am] |
I didn't know if Ian had gone to get him or if he'd been waiting for Ian
to leave, but I recognized Jeb's contemplative whistle as it approached in the darkness
The whistling stopped a few feet from me, and there was a loud clickA beam of yellow light
burned my eyes
Jeb set the flashlight down, bulb upIt threw a circle of light on the low ceiling and made a
wider, more diffuse sphere of light around us
Jeb settled himself against the wall beside me
?Gonna starve yourself, then? Is that the plan??
I glared at the stone floor
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| His dirty cheeks had rivulets through the dust... 878 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:47 am] |
His dirty cheeks had rivulets through the dust there, tracks made by tears
?Jamie?? Jared and I said together, dropping our boxes to the floor
Jamie ran straight for me and threw his arms around my waist
?Oh, Wanda! Oh, Jared!? he sobbed?Wes is dead! He'sdead! The Seeker killed him!?
CHAPTER 49
Interrogated
Ikilled Wes
My hands, scratched and bruised and painted with purple dust in the course of the frantic
unloading, might as well have been painted red with his blood
Wes was dead, and it was as much my fault as if I'd pulled the trigger myself
All of us but five were gathered in the kitchen now that the truck was unloaded, eating some of
the perishables we'd picked up on the final shopping |
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| The man she had lived with for... 917 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|04:11 am] |
The man she had lived with for thirty-three
years, the legal giant who neither smoked nor drank a drop of alcohol, was plunging a hypodermic
needle into his forearm
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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Darkness had descended on Manassas, the countryside alive with nocturnal undercurrents, as
Bourne crept through the woods bordering the ?farm? of General Norman SwayneStartled birds
fluttered out of their black recesses |
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| If the Jackal gets by me?and I?ll know it if he... 375 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|04:02 am] |
If the Jackal gets by me?and I?ll know it if he does?I?ll throw in a
grenade and kill twenty
?You son of a bitch!?
?Believe it, BenWhere Carlos is concerned I?m a son of a bitchI can?t afford him any longer,
the world can?t afford himMove!?
The trainer named Benjamin spat in Bourne?s face, then turned and began fighting his way to the
guardhouse and the unseen corpse of the colonel beyondAlmost unconsciously Jason wiped his
face with the back of his hand, his concentration solely on the fenced parking area, his eyes darting
from one pocket of shadows to another, trying to center in on the origins of the automatic gunfire,
yet knowing it was pointless |
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| No one paid us any particular attention
The road... 687 |
[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:59 am] |
No one paid us any particular attention
The road hugged the sidewalk, then curved around the north side of the building complex
We passed between a wing of low buildings and a parking garageSeveral trucks, delivering
medical supplies no doubt, were backed into receiving portsI scanned the crates on the dock,
all labeled
?Keep going? though we might want to grab some of those on the way backSee?Heal?
Cool? Still? I wonder what that one is
I liked that these supplies were labeled and left unguardedMy family wouldn't go without the
things they needed when I was gonehen I was gone |
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| There was none! The only goddamned phone was ten... 171 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:58 pm] |
There was none! The only goddamned phone was ten feet from the booth and in clear sight of the
wild-eyed platinum blonde whose paranoia was as deeply embedded as the dark roots of her hair
He had casually mentioned that he thought he should call his office and tell his staff about the
accident and where he was, and was instantly met with invective
?And have a swarm of cops coming out to pick you up! Not on your fuckin? life, Medicine Man
Your office calls the fuzz, they call my devoted Chief Fork-in-Mouth, and my ass is bouncing into
every barbed-wire fence in the countyHe?s in with every cop on the roadsI think he tells ?em
where to get laid
?There?d be no reason for me to mention you and I certainly wouldn?tIf you recall, you said he
might resent me
?Resent don?t countHe?d just cut your cute |
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| Hello, my account friends 406 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:57 pm] |
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| Putin Wishes for 'Changes for Better' in 2010 |
[Feb. 3rd, 2010|03:32 pm] |
"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday wished Russia ""substantial and grand"" success and ""changes for the better"" in 2010 in a televised New Year speech.
""We always look forward to the New Year. We look forward to it because our New Year's expectations are, at the very least, expectations of changes for the better, if not miracles,"" he said.
Life will bring people a sense of satisfaction when they overcome difficulties and move toward success, Putin said.
He hoped that the temporary difficulties would lead to ""substantial and grand"" success and Russians would live a better life next year.
Putin had said on the previous day that the government had by and large implemented its anti-crisis measures for the outgoing year and predicted that Russia's economy would grow by three percent in 2010.
However, according to Putin, the growth was not yet robust and relies heavily on commodities, which means the government must shift its priorities to exploiting new industrial potential and developing an innovative economy.
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