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Other neat similes have been rolling in. In the Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin, Kevin Maney covered an exhibition of personal computers. He wasn’t much impressed: “The show was about as exciting as watching beans soak.”
Kimberly Leach, a staff writer for the Vero Beach (Fla.) Press-Journal, wrote a feature story on an otter that wandered into a lagoon by a miniature golf course. The owner had stocked the lagoon with goldfish, but the fish “are dwindling in number like M&Ms in a candy bowl.”
In the Atlanta JournalConstitution, columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson commented that “summer heat is like a good marriage; the longer you stay in it, the more comfortable you get.”
Some of the best writing in the land appears in Sports Illustrated. In
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