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Thog's Masterclass. Arithmetic Dept. '"Death to Prowlers." Two words seemed to sing through Agar's brain ...' (Frank Belknap Long. 'Willie', Astounding, October 1953) [KMcA]

Eyeballs in the Sky. 'Slowly his right eye lidded itself and then rolled back on a moist optic.' (Ibid)

Transmutation Dept. 'The lower portion of old Babu's face seemed to harden, as though some sudden and mysterious alchemy were working to change his jaw muscles from stone to iron.' (Ibid)

Dept of Geography: The War on Canada. 'To relieve even more of the population stress, the United States had invaded the much smaller country.' (Junius Podrug, Feathered Serpent 2012, 2010) [SHS]

Simile Dept. 'A swirling lava lamp of colors boiled on the screen like a hallucination that the cat had dragged in.' (Alexander Besher, Rim, 1994) [AK] '... white sideburns that grew like a pair of moccasins at the sides of his head. His greying hair was slicked back carelessly to reveal a furrowed brow with a long bridged nose and brown eyes that dogged you like a pair of English spaniels.' (Ibid) 'Her eyes were like glass vacuum tubes, lit.' (Ibid) 'He looked up at Gobi with eyes like charcoal briquettes waiting to be lit.' (Ibid) 'They saw two matching crew cuts and eyes as dead as pool cues.' (Ibid) 'Looming just ahead of them on the maglev grid was an intersecting skyway ramp that looked like it would rip them off the truck as if they were medicated plasters of Salonpas.' (Ibid)

(Ansible 269)