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Today , the adjective " Dickensian " has come to be a complicated literary compliment , a word that simultaneously declares an author to have a great gift and insinuates that he or she has yet to get that gift under control ( the epithet " Dickensian " has been applied to writers as diverse as Peter Carey , Zadie Smith , and Salman Rushdie ) . You should be able to read at a rate of at least 30 pages per hour when you are reading fiction ; you should budget more time for bulkpack readings as critical prose tends to be quite dense . " Although her mother was Catholic , Rachelle told people she was a Wiccan . " The ' fun factor ' is something we're almost afraid to talk about in the cultural world , " she said . " Foundation , said she was pleased by these top trends because " it shows an awareness of the need to be relevant to a community and to an audience , " other people , such as Jay Calvert , were surprised that certain audiences - - especially the Baby Boomers - - were n't identified as a major factor in shaping cultural-heritage resources . " Yes , " she replied.Testimony resumes Thursday at 8:30 a.m. AKST / 12:30 p.m. ET . Sorries - - We have n't managed ourselves for change ; we start new things that do n't come to completion because of insufficient support ; we should to things to include the interest of emerging populations ; we should have capitalized on collection-acquisition opportunities ; we're not good at making our case to foundations or in appealing to new wealth . They came as stakeholders who are often detained or derailed by their differences , but met to hack out a fresh view of the future . This assignment should be an enjoyable one - - indeed , the discussions that will arise on the listserv will be precisely as fun , creative , quirky and productive as you collectively make them . It appeared that it was himself who was to be put into it ; and as they lifted him up he saw that the inspector tried to stand between him and something that stood behind the cab , but was not quick enough to prevent Oleron seeing that this something was a hooded stretcher . We're trying to aspire to an accessibility that was characteristic of neighborhood libraries in the 1950s . His lawyer was to give his summation to the jury Tuesday , after which jurors will begin deliberations.The closing arguments capped a seven-week trial focusing on the troubled painkiller and its alleged role in Humeston 's heart attack.Its outcome has high stakes for Merck , which lost the first product liability trial over Vioxx and could face tens of thousands more lawsuits.Speaking in a hushed courtroom packed with plaintiff 's lawyers , Wall Street analysts and reporters , Sullivan led off by showing jurors a slide presentation noting the conclusions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , which said earlier this year that Vioxx and other so-called Cox-2 inhibitors have no risks of heart attack and stroke in short-term use . Plaintiff lawyers say those numbers are probably just a drop in the bucket.Nearly all are product liability cases , often called personal injury suits . Texas law requires that award to be cut to no more than $ 26 million . In this case , Brian Radel and Jason Arrant admitted to killing Lauri Waterman , so overt acts are not disputed . " Plaintiffs ' lawyers are going to have second thoughts about filing cases where the Vioxx use was short-term , " said Peter Bicks , a New York defense lawyer , who does n't work for Merck.Humeston 's attorney , Chris Seeger , acknowledged that his case may have been weakened because the 60-year-old postal worker took the drug for such a short time — and by the fact that he survived . " Most of the entries are the mundane concerns of a teenager growing up in an isolated village . And we need to learn from people we're not reaching about what they want from us . " We're taking some of the information they had and seeing if we can cover some of the problems they had with it [ at the next trial ] , " the prosecutor said.Asked how he planned to address the problems some jurors had with Arrant 's testimony , the prosecutor said , " I could do a little more prep on the manner he presents himself in court , but there 's not a whole lot I can do .