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   Hi Alexander -- on Oct 29 2019 at 08:32, you wrote:   
      
   AK> From "The Great Catsby", by F.Scott Fitzerald, again:   
                      |Gatsby             |Fitzgerald   
      
      
   AK> creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with   
   AK> leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their   
   AK> obscure operations from your sight.   
   AK> ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   AK> Although all the text is very vivid and difficult, I'd like ask why   
      
   Typical of F. Scott Fitzgerald - I'm not a fan of his works.   
      
   AK> the workers use "leaden spades"? IMHO lead is not a metal for spades? ;)   
      
   Leaden as in "heavy", I believe. Again, typical of FSF's cumbersome style.   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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