Timothy Mack has spent 13 years spiriting wallets from the pockets and purses of Los Angelenos, an artful dodger's career that has been interrupted by 20 arrests and two jail terms.

She hated the poisoned feeling in her throat, and no matter how often she gargled she felt unclean and disgusting.

Some of his rural clients would park their long-eared steeds under the chinaberry trees in the back yard, and Atticus would keep appointments on the back steps.

I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.