J . T . does as instructed and spins a tale to Tony about plagiarizing the character from an old movie, but Tony remains unconvinced, particularly when he notices the cut on J . T .'s head.
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Sometimes, says modern fiction's most prolific horror writer, an author's tools _ narrative skill, adeptness with dialogue, ability to spin a tale _ don't matter, because the story gets up and starts walking around.
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In her new book, " Final Target " ( Bantam, $ 24.95 ), Johansen spins a tale of international intrigue that includes a psychic and her sister, an underworld figure, and a plot involving murder in the White House.
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"Every year, Lester Brown and the Worldwatch Institute try their darndest to spin a tale of impending woe, and every year they come up empty, " said Jerry Taylor, director of natural resource studies at the Cato Institute, another conservative think tank.
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Republican congressional leaders, led by House Majority Whip Tom DeLay of Texas, staged a protest last week at a Washington, D . C ., Exxon station to spin a tale about a Clinton administration they said has no energy policy to deal with rising gasoline prices.
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With a time line that begins last June, the prosecution appears to be trying to spin a tale of scandals rooted in the Waste Management debacle last summer, growing into the Enron affair in the fall and ultimately leading to the widespread document destruction that took place at Andersen beginning in October.
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No . In her majestic biography that tracks Matisse from his birth in 1869 to 1908, by which time he'd painted " The Joy of Life, " one of the key works of a career that stretched until his death in 1954, Hilary Spurling spins a tale of poverty, rejection, and despair.
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F . Lee Bailey, cast in dual roles as defendant and star witness, wept as he recounted the deaths of his wife and mother, then went on to spin a tale of double-dealing, backstabbing and money-grubbing among big-time drug dealers, big-fee attorneys and government lawyers eager to claim credit for a big case.
