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The Sky is Falling

Author: Sidney Sheldon
Copyright: 2000

Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 1990s
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Excerpt: They visited the National Air and Space Museum, where Kemal saw the first Wright brothers plane dangling from the ceiling, and then walked through Skylab and touched moon rocks.
Excerpt Page Number: 11
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 1990s
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Excerpt: They introduced Kemal to pizza at Tom Tom, tacos at Mextec, and southern fried chicken at Georgia Brown’s. Kemal loved every moment of it.
Excerpt Page Number: 11
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 1990s
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Excerpt: The time has come, Dana thought. I have to get started with my own shopping. Dana thought about the people for whom she should buy gifts. Her mother; Kemal; her boss; and, of course, wonderful Jeff. Dana jumped into a cab and headed for Hecht’s, one of Washington’s largest department stores. The place was jammed with people celebrating the Christmas spirit by rudely elbowing other shoppers out of the way.
Excerpt Page Number: 24
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 1990s
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Excerpt: When Dana finished shopping, she headed back to her apartment to drop off her gifts. The apartment was on Calvert Street, in a quiet residential section. Attractively furnished, it consisted of one bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a study, where Kemal slept.
Excerpt Page Number: 24
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 1990s
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Excerpt: The funeral services for Gary Winthrop were held at the National Cathedral, the sixth largest in the world. Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues had been closed off to traffic. Secret Service men and Washington Police were out in full force.
Excerpt Page Number: 38