Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 27
... window was a forbidden but powerful device of psychological warfare . I had experienced it myself and knew that , faced with a slammed cash - desk window , every employee panicked especially those with many children , and alcoholics ...
... window was a forbidden but powerful device of psychological warfare . I had experienced it myself and knew that , faced with a slammed cash - desk window , every employee panicked especially those with many children , and alcoholics ...
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... windows open . The drowsy , rhythmic sound of the waves lulled me to sleep . I awoke at dawn . Dew was gathering on the branches of the thuya outside my window . The garden was deserted and still . But in the near corner , where an old ...
... windows open . The drowsy , rhythmic sound of the waves lulled me to sleep . I awoke at dawn . Dew was gathering on the branches of the thuya outside my window . The garden was deserted and still . But in the near corner , where an old ...
Page 54
... window at a thick shadow , which immediately disappeared in terror . ' You property owners out there ! Ladies and gentlemen in waiting ! Will you stop milling outside our window or not ? Nobody can get a wink of sleep with all that row ...
... window at a thick shadow , which immediately disappeared in terror . ' You property owners out there ! Ladies and gentlemen in waiting ! Will you stop milling outside our window or not ? Nobody can get a wink of sleep with all that row ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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