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Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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When young Jose, newly arrived in the United States, made his first trip to Yankee Stadium, there were no tickets left for sale. Touched by his disappointment, a friendly ticket salesman found him a perch near the American flag. Later, Jose wrote home enthusiastically about his experience. "And the Americans, they are so friendly!" he concluded. "Before the game started, they all stood up and looked at me and sang, .... 'Jose, can you see?'"
A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries …
Read the complete definitionImperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in …
Read the complete definitionA circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.
Read the complete definitionA tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, …
Read the complete definitionConsisting of stones.
Read the complete definitionAn artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.
Read the complete definitionA virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
Read the complete definitionA lapidary.
Read the complete definitionA machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.
Read the complete definitionOne who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.
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