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The author relates her principal story, of the two sisters, in the present tense, while keeping historical context in the past—an idiosyncratic choice that, fortunately, doesn’t derail the book’s narrative momentum.
“I beat up on my boy fortunately all week on the par 3 and then was able to take the trophy at the Mexico Open. It was a good all-around week in golf for me.”
From Washington Times
“It has always been a split between the ‘haters’ and those who support me, which fortunately there are more.”
From Washington Times
The strain identified in Virginia Mason Medical Center’s outbreak, however, is fortunately sensitive to available antibiotics at the hospital, he added.
From Seattle Times
She came to Seattle for a year’s sabbatical upon the completion of her master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Bologna and, fortunately, here she remains 17 years later.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
