{ Saturday, September 25, 2004 }
Sentence written by a student who has been studying for the SATs
Christian Porter, though indolent and avaricious and not a brilliant scholar, understood more than Francis himself what Francis was actually and dogmatically propounding.
Walking home from work last night many pages from a book blew past me. I almost always read things that I find in the street -- you can find the most amazing things if you keep your eyes open. This was a page from a novel by bestselling author Taylor Caldwell,Ceremony of the Innocent, 1977.
My fourth grade teacher called words such as "indolent" "fifty cent words" and recommended that we use only one per paragraph. I had forgotten this advice (and rarely abide by it) but it instantly came to mind.
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