In the latter half of the novel, the intimations of decay become a drumbeat, culminating in the brilliant scene in which Doug ecstatically, with his urine, amid the shelved works of Liberal Theologians, Antiquaries, and Bibliographers, "hoses down, as they say, a few literary masterpieces".
Urban renewal schemes have been proposed and shelved, revived and shelved again.
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He told me he had become "shelved" and was given no substantive work, because of a political squabble higher up the ladder in his government agency.
He was in the LA area to work with Dre on the now-shelved Detox, and his voice sounded gravely; it reminded me of a smoker's voice box.
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In Brazil, where public works often progress at a listless pace, or are shelved indefinitely, the importance of such deadlines should not be underestimated.
Like the rest of Tarkovsky's filmography, these two works have received extensive analysis.Coming on the heels of the shelved Andrei Rublev, long withheld from release by the Soviet government, Solaris enjoyed such a degree of success that Tarkovsky was effectively given carte blanche for any future projects.
The shelved designs display some of the things beyond vacuum cleaners, fans and hand driers that the company has worked on, but decided not to bring to market.
A working-class-minded interloper into a hip-hop era that has largely shelved self-presentations that are less than 110 percent polished, he juts out, tough to miss.
