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... stopped for a hitchhiker who defined the term . He jumped in front of the car , windmilling his arms and making me skid to a stop . His black beard and hair were mated with dirt , and he had the high , sunken cheeks of a starving Indian ...
... stopped for a hitchhiker who defined the term . He jumped in front of the car , windmilling his arms and making me skid to a stop . His black beard and hair were mated with dirt , and he had the high , sunken cheeks of a starving Indian ...
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... stopped for directions while the cab of the Chevrolet filled with mosquitoes . We circled a graveyard filled with picnick- ing relatives and coasted down a hill lined with lamplit shacks throbbing with music . We stopped at one shaped ...
... stopped for directions while the cab of the Chevrolet filled with mosquitoes . We circled a graveyard filled with picnick- ing relatives and coasted down a hill lined with lamplit shacks throbbing with music . We stopped at one shaped ...
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... stopped at Lake Nakuru , it was he who stared longest through binoculars at the flamingos and said , " This is a pretty place , " and he who pointed out an eagle in a thorn tree , saying with disapproval that it preyed on flamingos and ...
... stopped at Lake Nakuru , it was he who stared longest through binoculars at the flamingos and said , " This is a pretty place , " and he who pointed out an eagle in a thorn tree , saying with disapproval that it preyed on flamingos and ...
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