"The two of them were living now about two miles down the highway on a piece of land that the government had helped them to _____ and in a brick duplex bungalow that the government had helped to build and pay for." (Flannery O'Connor, "Greenleaf." The Kenyon Review, 1957) .
"Her friends came _____. It was an effort to make small talk. How could they know? How could they know what it was like?" (Thom Jones, "I Want to Live!" Harper's, 1993)
"_____," said the car-hop, opening a heart-shaped pocket over her heart and dropping the tip courteously within." (Eudora Welty, "The Hitch-Hikers." The Southern Review, 1940)
"So, _____ and _____, I, too, fall down in the snow, and there is no one to help me up. I must get up _____ myself. And always do I get up _____ myself, and help them up, and make the dogs go on. (Jack London, "The Sun-Dog Trail." Harper's, 1906)
"Employees reflect the company's values. Just ask Costco's president, Jim Sinegal. He knows that if he doesn't _____ into the brand, and if he doesn't teach his team how to _____ into it, then his managers won't, either..." (Scott Deming, The Brand Who Cried Wolf. Wiley, 2007)
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"The two of them were living now about two miles down the highway on a piece of land that the government had helped them to buy and in a brick duplex bungalow that the government had helped to build and pay for." (Flannery O'Connor, "Greenleaf." The Kenyon Review, 1957) .
"Her friends came by. It was an effort to make small talk. How could they know? How could they know what it was like?" (Thom Jones, "I Want to Live!" Harper's, 1993)
"Bye," said the car-hop, opening a heart-shaped pocket over her heart and dropping the tip courteously within." (Eudora Welty, "The Hitch-Hikers." The Southern Review, 1940)
"So, by and by, I, too, fall down in the snow, and there is no one to help me up. I must get up by myself. And always do I get up by myself, and help them up, and make the dogs go on. (Jack London, "The Sun-Dog Trail." Harper's, 1906)
"Employees reflect the company's values. Just ask Costco's president, Jim Sinegal. He knows that if he doesn't buy into the brand, and if he doesn't teach his team how to buy into it, then his managers won't, either..." (Scott Deming, The Brand Who Cried Wolf. Wiley, 2007)