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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. - [Adventure] Once a day, at exactly ten minutes to nine in the morning, a long, gray sight-seeing bus, streaked with dust, lumbered up Sunset Boulevard and entered that suburb of Los Angeles known as The Briars. The uniformed guide and driver of the bus adjusted the silver microphone before his lips and resumed his soporific drone: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are now passing through "The Briars . . ." - The Chapman Report (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] It was not long after daybreak this early June morning--ten minutes after seven o'clock, according to his wristwatch--and the sun was continuing to rise, slowly warming the vast sprawl of buildings and the long stretch of Southern California country. - The Fan Club (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Standing there in the cold office, at this ungodly hour, no longer night, not yet day, she felt apprehensive and nervous. She wondered why, but instantly her memory had traced the source of worry, and she knew its answer was right. - The Man (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK He stared ahead, waiting. There were late. - The Plot (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] The northern night had come early to Stockholm this day, and that meant that autumn was almost gone and the dark winter was near at hand. - The Prize (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] By eleven o'clock in the morning the sun had come out, and now the women of Oakwood, most of them housewives in summer attire and most of them at the wheels in their own cars, were converging on the business district to do their shopping. - The Seven Minutes (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] Just after he entered John F. Kennedy Airport, and as he was having his ticket to Chicago verified, he was handed the urgent message by the attendant at the airline's desk. - The Word (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK
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