Sentence examples for foul matter from inspiring English sources
"Foul Matter" refers to the edited manuscript and proofs of a book that have been superseded by revised or corrected versions or by the final printed work.
The second, to be published only six months later, will be a follow-up to "Foul Matter," her 2004 spoof of the publishing industry in crime novel form — editors use blood instead of red ink.
An article on Aug. 20 about the mystery writer Martha Grimes and her new novel about the publishing industry, "Foul Matter," misstated the meaning of the publishing term used as the book's title.
If it does, then FOUL MATTER (Viking, $25.95), Martha Grimes's evil-minded satire of the venal, not to say murderous, practices of the New York publishing industry, gets a great review from me.
Martha Grimes, the author of 20 mysteries, doesn't hit the mark quite as solidly with her new book, "Foul Matter," but hers is still a lively (if sloppily edited and overly indebted to Elmore Leonard) farce, containing such choice lines as "If you were lost in an African jungle and said, 'I've got a book contract here,' half a dozen people would pop out of the bush to sign it".
Initially, it is a soft, foul-smelling matter that floats on the ocean but through exposure to the sun and the salt water over years it turns into a smooth lump of compact rock which feels waxy and has a sweet smell.
Soccer officials have repeatedly suggested that the triple punishment is too harsh for a solitary foul, no matter where it occurs.
The major counter-arguments here are that a) there wasn't enough contact to be called a foul, no matter what the circumstance b) Curry was fouled, but he also pushed off during the play or c) that it would have been called a foul earlier in the game, but it's not something the referees should have called on the pivotal play of the game.
With the season winding down, it does seem like, win or lose, a Hornets game was guaranteed at least this: Lin will get fouled driving to the basket, and referees won't review the degree of the foul, no matter how harsh it looks in real-time or on instant replay.
Every effort was being made yesterday to get the tournament back on track but a wide and slow-moving weather front, straggling along the eastern seaboard, continued to foul up matters, helped in no small part by the US Tennis Association's bizarre scheduling.
