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The Four Quartets Revisited
On opening a long unopened book, What dank whiff rises from the parting pages, What genie is released, what dark spell broken, As if some warm breath trapped inside...
Playing Scratch-and-Win
The Scratch machine dispenses fun in little pictures. You choose one as flat and bright as a cartoon of GI Joe and his platoon. When no one sees, you...
