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    Apr222011

    Tale of the Private Are

    DateFriday, April 22, 2011 at 09:54AM

    How do tropes work, exactly? This short tropical tale from our new site, Word Hero, illustrates.

    A sweet pair of gams sashayed into my office. Legs, I mean. The kind that go on forever.

    “Mr. Heinrichs, I presume?” she said, leveling her baby blues at me….

    Continue reading here.

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