RE: RARA-AVIS: "transparent" prose

From: Anderson, Erick (Adecco ETW) ( Erick.Anderson@nike.com)
Date: 17 Jan 2002


> Can I have my cake and eat it, too?:
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> "Another tub of ice water did me so little good I almost fell asleep in
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> Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest
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> Brilliant, but Hammett's not waving it around saying "look at me!"
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> Erick
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> p.s.: quoted from memory, sorry if I got it slightly wrong
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