Adding to Dan's woes, 14-year-old William runs away from home to join the posse, hoping for an adventure like in the
dime store novels.
And before I'm whipped by anthem chanting patriots with
dime store Canadian flags, let me be clear on something: the problem is not our troops, their training, dedication, will, or intentions--the only realities to laud in this whole affair.
At once a bluntly suggestive joke and a sly invitation to be taken for a ride, Nakadate's customized
dime store bronco might serve as a mascot for the work's insistent attempts to confound the boundaries between roles and role-playing.
She believed witch magic had been corrupted and diluted, as Paige discovers in
Dime Store Magic.
Phone cameras are the rage, but no flash, no zoom, and a
dime store lens means the only time you'll get decent pictures is if you're right next to something in broad daylight.
The site was once a local
dime store, and its design maintains the historical integrity of the space and honors the aesthetic traditions of the region.
"In our family, we didn't have much money," his sister Betty recalled to a reporter many years later, "so John used to buy us younger children candy and gifts at the
dime store with money he earned selling newspapers." Once, John even donated his entire savings to his parents to help defray Betty's medical bills.
Right-wingers termed these fiscal restrainers "
Dime Store Democrats," by which they meant that those who favored balanced budgets did so for unprincipled reasons--they'd spend a dime to the Democrats' dollar without challenging the underlying reason for the program.
The discount store itself evolved directly from the variety store--often referred to as the five and dime or, as inflation climbed, the
dime store.
They're fruit-flavored, packed in peg bags, and about the size of
dime store toy soldiers.
I made a fence around my raised beds with them and handles for
dime store tableware that can sell for $24 a set.
Sam Walton's BHAG was to make his first
dime store the most successful in Arkansas within five years.
"
Dime Store" also abounds in such phantasmagoric scenes as the heroine's visit to the fourth floor of the nonexistent
dime store to do her shopping.
ANN TOWNSEND'S first collection of poetry,
Dime Store Erotics,