by the book
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By the book, the four-door, five-seat GTI gets cross-shopped against hot-hatchback versions of Honda Civic, Subaru WRX and Toyota Corolla.
“What we’ve been working on is making this operation safer, more efficient, by the book,” Homan said at a Jan. 29 press conference.
From Salon
Perhaps this is best illustrated by the book’s seemingly benign advice: He promotes an exercise regimen consisting of three different kinds of training over at least 10 hours a week.
From Slate
There is a second, diffuse—seemingly unintentional—sadness revealed by the book that is something closer to cultural or civilizational loss.
“It’s Auntie North’s office. She lets me do my homework here. Lately she’s been so busy, I spend all night here until she’s done with work. Things have been quiet. There isn’t a lot of information about Ella St. Clay. Who she was or why she wrote this book. Sometimes it helps finding things out about the author to search for clues. You must see magical things all the time if you were deemed worthy by the book.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
