| 单词 | paperweight |
| 例句 | The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was all she could do to prevent herself from taking the paperweight and flinging it out of the window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Wind whistling up through the jagged gash in the floor kept the myriad bits of paper circulating like alabaster particles in a paperweight and contributed to a sensation of lacquered, waterlogged unreality. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then deliberately he walked to the cabinet and picked up a small, cheap globe of the world that served as a paperweight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dad seemed pleased when he set his paperweight on the coffee table. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There were people trapped in the glass paperweight on the policeman’s desk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, it is full of original New Yorker cartoons, family photos, embroidered pillows, small statues, ivory paperweights, taxidermied fish on plaques. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He flips on the desk lamp and reaches for his paperweight. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z These figures reflected in the mirror are slightly askew, as if a different law of gravity, a different arrangement of space, exists inside, locked in, sealed up in the glass as if in a paperweight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For the previous few years I had taken my son, Thembi, with me, and by 1956, when he was ten years old, he was a keen if spindly paperweight boxer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He dipped the brush into the paint and carefully painted, in brown paint, on the surface of the paperweight, the letters... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z An object his mother used as a paperweight stood beside the inkwell: a small glass sphere, on a black plastic pedestal, containing a snowman wearing a stovepipe hat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z In the comer, on the gateleg table, the glass paperweight which he had bought on his last visit gleamed softly out of the half-darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Samupindi took a drag from the nub in between two fingers before stamping it out in one of the several overflowing ashtrays that doubled as paperweights. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There were painted baskets and beaded curtains, paperweights with various objects suspended in them, dried flowers, colored grains and beans. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I saw her carry a marble paperweight through our apartment after we watched Jaws. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His eye fell on the fragments of the glass paperweight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart transferred a round glass paperweight competently from the right edge of his desk to the left edge and picked up a sharpened pencil. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Presently he turned, and with a single graceful bound crossed to the desk; but for once he was careless, and his hind leg knocked the glass paperweight to the floor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As I sat there watching Dad tidy his paperwork, empty his pencil sharpener, and blow the dust off his glass paperweights, I vowed never to become a heartless, blind-eye hypocrite like him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He grabbed the nearest object—a glass paperweight—and hurled it at Rowan, just as Esme had suggested he might. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Weary’s father once gave Weary’s mother a Spanish thumbscrew in working condition—for a kitchen paperweight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed over a present, a little Statue of Liberty paperweight that I was sure his mother had picked out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I’m still sleepy, but the drugs have worn off enough that my head doesn’t feel like a paperweight. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The thing was doubly attractive because of its apparent uselessness, though he could guess that it must once have been intended as a paperweight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There her eye was caught by a sparkle on the floor by the desk, and she found the glass paperweight, and after that the remaining sheet of the note on the desk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been an even more incongruous possession than the glass paperweight, and impossible to carry home, unless it were taken out of its frame. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It could only be the employment of carriage whips, tongs, iron pokers, handsaws, stones, paperweights, or whatever might be handy to break the black body, the black family, the black community, the black nation. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It had been placed there as a paperweight to keep the smiley face Angela had drawn from flying away in the considerable wind. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I knew a fellow who used one as a paperweight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The paperweight on his desk, for instance, was not a simple, inert rock but a tiny priapus carved from stone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Underneath the paperweight lion was a picture of the two tortoises and next to the typewriter was a pile of densely written paper and an apple with one bite taken out of it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Like the glass paperweight or Mr. Charrington’s half-remembered rhymes, it belonged to the vanished, romantic past, the olden time as he liked to call it in his secret thoughts. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He lifts a heavy glass paperweight and brings it down on her hand, hard enough to break her wrist with a sharp crack. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He turned over toward the light and lay gazing into the glass paperweight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “He made a special point of how, despite the fact that it was so valuable and exceedingly rare, he used it as a paperweight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He left the pages on the desk under a glass paperweight; then opened the door in answer to a faint scratch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She brought the glass paperweight over to the bed to have a look at it in a better light. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There were bubbles inside the paperweight which made the man and woman look as though they were waltzing underwater. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They practically shout at him while he sits mutely at his desk, moving a crystal paperweight inside a splash of light and then out again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually the idea had first floated into his head in the form of a vision of the glass paperweight mirrored by the surface of the gateleg table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was a glass box in the middle of the station, full of Mardi Gras T-shirts and paperweights. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Bod dropped the brooch into his pocket, where it sat beside the heavy glass paperweight, the paintbrush, and the little pot of paint. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a rock, so he picked up a colored glass paperweight, hefted it in his hand, wondering if he could throw it hard enough to stop Abanazer Bolger in his tracks. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z From his pocket he took the large glass paperweight, its insides a multitude of bright colors, along with the paint pot, and the paintbrush. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “That’s odd,” she thought, “now where would he take them? That cat must have knocked the paperweight off last night—the rest of the note must be somewhere in the room.” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up my snowflake paperweight and I shook it and shook it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sykes was the only writer Milligan considered an equal, even if he did once attempt to murder him by flinging a heavy paperweight at his head. Where does all the best comedy come from? Death and war 2012-07-06T21:30:01Z In my room later, just before going to bed, I suddenly think about the tacky little dog paperweight on Tolstoy's desk, and well up, for some reason. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z SAT Locally made handblown art glass ornaments, paperweights, vases, bowls, seconds and many one of a kind items, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Community calendar 2012-05-09T22:07:04Z TUE Work one-on-one with a professional glassblower to create a handmade bowl, paperweight or float, 5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more for July 22-28 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The gold wrapping paper hides a red box Shiv opens to discover . . . a scorpion inside a paperweight. Wins, losses and regrets: It's all part of the game at this "Succession" tailgate party 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered the tomb, gave a paperweight to his friend Bruce Ingham as a gift. 9 Victims of King Tut's Curse (And One Who Should Have Been) 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Reed took me through the company’s history and showed me the glasswork, a literally dazzling display of paperweights, decanters and punch bowls. The Poconos for a Pittance 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Last week Sharon Osbourne told Matt Lauer on the “Today” show that she was going to have her breast implants removed this summer and give them to her husband as paperweights. Hollywood to Actors: No Surgery, Please 2010-04-23T21:40:00Z Click here to preview a selection of crystal paperweights from the exhibition. Preview Saint-Louis’s playful paperweights coming to the U.S. for the first time 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The trade show floor was packed elbow to elbow with people browsing for reproduction light sabers, “Game of Thrones” paperweights and Wookie fur. Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest 2011-07-21T22:54:34Z That first batch of bad guys, gored with corkscrews, brained with paperweights and sent off into the next world with anything else that comes to hand, were guilty of hurting Alina. Denzel Washington Exacts Vengeance in ‘The Equalizer’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Or maybe, Resist the urge to hit him with the paperweight! Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z I’m not sure what the statistics are on gun-shaped paperweight deaths, I thought, but I’ll be sure to look that up. Confronted by my own bullsh*t: I wanted to be the voice of nonviolence for my church after George Zimmerman’s acquittal, but all I could do was cry for all my inconsistencies 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Pint glasses are popular among adults; paperweights among toddlers. 36 Hours in Manchester, Vt. 2014-01-31T18:48:20Z I delighted in the chores of camping, pitching tents, building fires, working what magic I could with dried beans, summer sausage and minute rice on a stove the size of a paperweight. On Cumberland Island, you don’t have to choose between roughing it and pampering yourself 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z His most recent designs are cast brass paperweights, created for a pop-up shop that’s a collaboration between Wallpaper magazine and House of Today, a nonprofit based in Beirut that connects experts and emerging designers. The Thriving Designers Who Dominate Beirut’s Flourishing Scene 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Harris: “Not my favorite. It looks sad. It’s like a paperweight. I can’t put my finger on it, but something isn’t right.” The search for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe is over 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The paperweight is Tory's touchstone as she painfully rebuilds her life — and it also figures in the dramatic conclusion of this intriguing and atmospheric novel. 'The Glass Butterfly': a therapist in peril from a deadly patient 2012-09-19T21:10:08Z Wealthy citizens followed imperial tastes, filling their homes with cloisonné tables, seats, armrests, screens, candlesticks, vases and paperweights. Antiques: Prized Chinese Crafts, Delicate and Detailed 2011-01-27T21:37:59Z Colette’s life is well chronicled through dozens of photographs, a film, some of her furniture and other collector’s items such as her collection of paperweights that inspired Truman Capote’s story “The White Rose.” The childhood home of lauded author Colette is open to the public in this small French village 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z SAT-SUN Local artists; 500 blown glass bowls, vases, wall art, sculpture, paperweights, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Community calendar 2011-11-10T00:20:05Z They left bracelets, pinwheels, balloons, prayer flags, paperweights, teddy bears, Barbie dolls and tiny bottles of liquor. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z By the time that Andy Warhol toyed with the subject, the mountain was another commercial commodity, a jazzed-up version of the image on the plate, fan or paperweight that every tourist took home. Volcanic art 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z But calling his most cherished and valuable pieces “pipes” is a bit like calling Fabergé Eggs “paperweights”. Art you can smoke: the strange and exquisite bongs worth $50,000 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z I had come across a paperweight that had a quotation in it, that the greatest artist in the world is an uninhibited child at play. Forty Years of the 4077th: Elliott Gould on the Anniversary of 'MASH' 2010-09-03T14:00:00Z Elsewhere, a boardroom tussle between siblings ends in the fatal spilling of claret using a paperweight. TV highlights 10/02/2012 2012-02-09T20:00:04Z A huge emerald A priceless 234-carat emerald that is the size of a paperweight was one of the biggest prizes for Saddam's looters. Kuwait's lost treasures: how stolen riches?remain central to rift with Iraq 2010-06-21T21:09:00Z Many were predictable -- china plates, paperweights, framed pictures -- but some were more surprising. Chocolate castle, beetles among gifts to UK queen 2014-01-16T00:43:47Z Joanne Melniker Stern, a royalty memorabilia collector in Manhattan who died last year, at 87, bought Queen Victoria’s image on cups, plates, paperweights and jewelry, among other items. Antiques: William Matthew Prior, War of 1812, and Queen Victoria 2012-05-24T22:08:36Z Mr. Clooney opened a box from Tiffany & Company to find a paperweight with the inscription “I don’t know you.” Stephen Colbert Remains Stephen Colbert in ‘Late Show’ Taping (Spoilers) 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z In “The Kreutzer Sonata,” the husband stabs the wife in the stomach; in “Whose Fault?,” he throws a paperweight at her head. Sofiya Tolstoy’s Defense 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z They could be as tall as a building, or small as a paperweight. Niki de Saint Phalle: Nothing More Shocking Than Joy 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The Queen has her corgis, M her beloved paperweight of a Churchillian bulldog draped in the Union Jack. Skyfall: Bond and Bardem Go Boom 2012-11-09T13:00:22Z In one of the most poetic shows, the wise old grump of Italian design, Enzo Mari, was exhibiting a beautiful series of found-object paperweights. When is a chair not a chair? 2010-04-19T12:12:00Z Solid ones can serve as sculptures, paperweights, bookends, grave markers, dinner plates, lamps, tables and stools. Collecting Books That Are Just Covers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Closer inspection reveals corner dots that act as paperweights, flattening out the plane, and little peaks of paint squeezed right from the tube that have the opposite effect. Art in Review: Michael Bauer: ‘H.S.O.P. — 1973’ 2012-06-07T22:46:43Z After settling in Taxco, he created silver objects that reflected local life and Mexican flora and fauna, such as a silver owl with obsidian eyes and a monkey paperweight. An American in Mexico 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z To her left, a stack of her recent pieces was held in place with a paperweight in the shape of a bird. Still Making Art, and Sly Jokes, at Age 91 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Its paperweight heft is good for crushing cloves and, washing-up-wise, it’s unbeatable – a quick burst from the tap rinsing the chamber clean. Kitchen gadgets review: Garlic Twister – striking, innovative, doesn’t work 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z There are exhibits on geology, the environment, art, various artifacts from the Civil War, paperweights, antique cameras and even a miniature Samoan village. These 5 kid-friendly PNW destinations make learning fun 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z “And for the two years prior to that,” he said, “it was pretty much a paperweight.” The Long Demise of the Stretch Limousine 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Conch shells serve as paperweights, bowls, musical instruments and Christmas ornaments. In Bahamas, a struggle to save conch, and a way of life 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Mills, Florida Republican, defended the gifts as paperweights, saying he took every precaution and got sign-off from Capitol security. House Dems say they’re worried about Capitol security for SOTU 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z All of the items, except the paperweight, are made by Kevin Clarke, an artist in Petaluma, Calif., who landed the gig on the strength of his work with another metaphorical nuisance: bugs. They’re getting rid of ‘red tape’ in Washington. Literally. 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z In the past few years, he sold his valuable paperweight collection, got certified copies of his birth and marriage documents, and researched what it would be like to be Jewish in other countries. ‘When was it too late?’ Some U.S. Jews wonder about their place in America. 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Thomas was also pleased by the hefty price tags on smaller items, such as a paperweight and other desk items, which collectively sold for $8,000. Sunglasses for $27,000? A desk for $60,000? Joan Didion's estate sale made big bucks 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z When only one person has a phone, it’s a paperweight. Opinion | The logic behind Zuckerberg’s big, (probably) bad bet on the metaverse 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The collection is full of seemingly mundane objects: a paperweight, empty notebooks and lamps. Affirmative Action’s Future 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Slide open the little toggle closure that looks like a sliver of ivory, and inside you’ll see two hefty translucent paperweights, into each of which is immersed a real, still shimmery cicada. Style Invitational Week 1510: Only U (or A, E, I or O) 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z To show his opposition to abortion, he uses a plastic figurine of a life-size fetus as a paperweight for his office Bible. Lula challenges Bolsonaro's grip on Brazil evangelical vote 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z This model has the same features and the same limitations, like being total paperweights once detached from the Switch. Hori’s Split Pad Compact adds a pop of color and customization to your Switch 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Let’s say we now use a massive paperweight. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In some cases, soldiers learned enough to operate complex tools, sometimes using Google Translate to understand English-language manuals, but then rotated to other placements, leaving the unit with an expensive paperweight. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Some soldiers learned enough to operate the tool, but then rotated elsewhere in recent days, leaving the unit with an expensive paperweight. Potent Weapons Reach Ukraine Faster Than the Know-How to Use Them 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z If you’ve ever wondered what awaits NSO players at the conclusion of several decades of dedicated service, the Tiffany paperweight and signed, framed photo of their fellow musicians is just one half of it. Review | Noseda and the NSO celebrate proud legacies and a promising future 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Retailers are pushing corgi ornaments, corgi paperweights, corgi pillows and corgi leggings. Platinum Jubilee souvenirs, from mugs to Barbies to corgi cakes 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Far away from the paperweight, the ant has no trouble doing its walk, which looks straight to us. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Why spend money on something that could become a very expensive paperweight one day? Insteon’s troubles are a smart home tale as old as time 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z While exact dates for when a new product will one day become a paperweight aren’t exactly selling points for a company, transparency and trust are crucial for the future success of the smart home. The gadget that redefined the concept of a cheap smart home security camera takes its final bow 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Imagine using any object around you—a frying pan, a glass paperweight—as the central processor in a neural network, a type of artificial intelligence that loosely mimics the brain to perform complex tasks. Everyday objects can run artificial intelligence software 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z From January 4th onwards, it’ll be little more than a paperweight. BlackBerry will die on January 4th — for real this time 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The paperweight in our analogy might be a white dwarf or a neutron star. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z For all the time and money you spent searching for a bargain, you could end up with an expensive paperweight. Tech is expensive! Ways you’re wasting money and smart fixes to save 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z A Globe trophy isn’t just a nice thing for a star to put on the mantel or an extra fancy paperweight. NBC won't air the Golden Globes next year. Here are the winners and losers 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z A “colorful” boss collects things like bobbleheads, snow globes and paperweights; a bully throws them, often directly at people, as Rudin reportedly has done on several occasions. Hollywood loves making excuses for bullies. Here are the most damaging 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z She was a volunteer caregiver to injured service members during World War II. She began collecting paperweights at an antiques show at her church, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kensington. Community deaths 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z From our point of view, we can see that the sheet near the paperweight is no longer straight. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z You might end up with a PC as a huge paperweight. 5 ways you’re wasting money on tech purchases 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z I think it was almost encased — a paperweight of gothic misery. Lacy Crawford was told 'rape stories are a dime a dozen.' She wrote hers anyway 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “Without things like reagents,” Elrich said, “they are sort of like paperweights.” Very few of Maryland’s coronavirus tests from South Korea have been used so far. Here’s why. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Such items include baseball caps from Lehman Brothers, whose collapse kickstarted a global crisis, and paperweights from failed energy firm Enron Corp, offered online for tens, or even hundreds of dollars. Looming delay spells uncertain future for 'Tokyo 2020' merchandise 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Now let’s again send the ant on a journey that takes it close to, but not on top of, the paperweight. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z And the reason the paperweight reminds Bray of her mom is because part of it actually is her mom. Art-glass factory makes pieces infused with cremated remains 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Behind the tinted windows of Gunade’s offices, a kilogram gold bar sat on a lacquered wooden desk among office stationary, an ostentatious paperweight that may be the real thing. Militia strike gold to cast a shadow over Sudan's hopes of prosperity 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Is that gold-plated weapon a real pistol or just a paperweight? Review: Guy Ritchie is back, though not better than ever, with 'The Gentlemen' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “Many people use them as paperweights,” he said. Lawsuit challenges state police over new ‘ghost gun’ policy 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z As it nears the paperweight, however, the ant is forced down into the sag. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Those colors are complemented by white strands that seem to float inside the paperweight. Art-glass factory makes pieces infused with cremated remains 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z A paperweight on top of it turned out to be a claw—a memento from the film. How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “Toronto’s are even worse, they taste like paperweights or hockey pucks. In the minds of Montrealers, every other bagel is ‘Meh.’” A Montreal Bagel War Unites Rival Kings 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “This thing is heavy, it’s like a paperweight,” Cox said, holding the ring after the game. Defending national champ Baylor women open with 97-29 win 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Once a heavyweight among NFL brands, Washington is less than a paperweight today. SNYDER: Redskins’ formula works for Allen, but everyone else is on their own 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z On a recent weekday afternoon, Simmons was working on infusing a paperweight with ashes from a family’s beloved horse. Art-glass factory makes pieces infused with cremated remains 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z But the problem that the computer solves becomes so complicated that, in six months, the computer couldn’t keep up and became a “glorified paperweight,” Boneparth told me in a recent interview. Perspective | I don’t care how high the price of bitcoin gets. It’s still too risky for the average investor. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Wallace: Karen Hughes gave all of us these little wooden paperweights for our desk that said, you know, always give the president the unvarnished truth. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Wallace: Karen Hughes gave all of us these little wooden paperweights for our desk that said, you know, always give the president the unvarnished truth. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z "Derrick says it's not a meteorite, it's a piece of COAL. Waaaaaah.....So nothing from another galaxy, now just a big ugly paperweight!" Mystery of New Jersey 'meteorite’ found in crater on beach solved by astronomer 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z After pulling a molten, glowing-red orb from the furnace, Simmons rolled it in the finely sifted ashes of the animal and began to work the cremains in the center of the paperweight. Art-glass factory makes pieces infused with cremated remains 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z “What began as a gag became a tsunami of online orders for the ‘Roger‘ Stone, which is being sold as a paperweight and conversation piece,” the president’s longtime confidant said in an email. Roger Stone, former Trump adviser, says signed rock ‘gag’ generated nearly $10K toward legal fund 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “This is an exact replica of the stone that David used to take down Goliath. Use it as a paperweight or…” Roger Stone, former Trump adviser, selling autographed rocks to raise funds for legal defense 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z But maybe he just thought of it as a really wordy paperweight. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum doesn’t think women want to direct horror 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z When he won, Kennedy kept the coconut shell, which he had made into a paperweight, on his desk in the Oval Office. He saved JFK’s life during WWII — with the help of an SOS carved on a coconut 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z On a drive through the Arizona desert, Calvin saw a scorpion embedded in a paperweight at a gift shop and decided to try to embed the clawed creature into a slammer. Razor President Carlton Calvin can't stop scheming 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z That means if a single metal strut fails, or a single cable gets snagged, “we have a ten-billion-dollar paperweight sitting out there,” said astrophysicist Grant Tremblay of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. NASA’s next great space telescope is stuck on Earth after screwy errors 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Among the items it will feature are lamps, vases, pitchers, goblets, paperweights and the museum’s famed Libbey Punch Bowl. Museum to showcase items from glassmaker’s 200 year history 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Scott Perry, of Toms River, said that change would effectively turn weapons into “paperweights” since smaller-capacity magazines might not be readily available. New Jersey lawmakers advance measures to tighten gun laws 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Scott Perry, of Toms River, said that change would effectively turn weapons into “paperweights” since smaller-capacity magazines might not be readily available. New Jersey lawmakers advance measures to tighten gun laws 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Sadly, the diamond turns out to be a glass paperweight, because everything will break your heart in the end. Written by the stars: assessing the unlikely celebrity authors of children's books 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z He's written screenplays and children's books and a spray of curious novels that feel nothing like the plodding, self-referential paperweights some of his peers have been crushed beneath. Dave Eggers' new nonfiction tale is about coffee and the American Dream 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z On a recent Saturday, Billings sat in a shadowy room surrounded by old or broken Grammys – one serving as a paperweight -- doing the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle. This is where the Grammys are born — in a remote mountain workshop in Colorado 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z He doggedly tracked down every rumour, including one claiming the Mexican president was using it as a paperweight, until Salas emerged. Bloodstained ice axe used to kill Trotsky emerges after decades in the shadows 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z I'd used it as a paperweight for a decade or more until a new graduate student picked it up and turned it over one day. Geode : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z These gifts include a paperweight made from a fossilised dinosaur bone, and a union jack badge worn in space by British astronaut Major Tim Peake. Princess Diana's belongings to be displayed at Buckingham Palace - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z There’s a letter opener, a metal shamrock paperweight and a prayer card from the funeral Mass of the Rev. Edmund Joyce, his longtime vice president. Notre Dame students glimpse Hesburgh’s legacy by office tour 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z During that time, he was given two Lucite paperweights — one containing a fragment of lunar material, the other a piece of the Apollo 11 heat shield — as gifts. NASA detained a 75-year-old woman selling a tiny moon rock. An appeals court says she can sue. 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Let’s hope that question drives most discussions inside the White House and that the new president remembers the Latin inscription on the paperweight on Eisenhower’s Oval Office desk: Gently in manner, Strong in deed.” Bret Baier: Donald Trump Has Never Seen Crisis 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The actress, who later scooped her own pricey paperweight for La La Land, looked mortified and appeared to say, "That was weird, I'm sorry!" Golden Globes: The best gaffes, gags and water-cooler moments - BBC News 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Often, the wait to buy merchandise — ornaments or shirts or the aforementioned paperweight, already heavily marked up on eBay — was longer. Disney fans gather to celebrate — and mourn — the Tower of Terror 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z FRI-SAT Juried arts and crafts by Northwest artists, paintings, gold, silver, glass paperweights, clothes, woven rugs, pottery; portion of sales benefits food bank, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z She decided to try to sell the paperweights and contacted auction houses without success. NASA detained a 75-year-old woman selling a tiny moon rock. An appeals court says she can sue. 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z An exhibit dedicated to Schmitt, fixed on the back wall of the chapel, includes a chalice, paperweight and pen that were aboard the USS Oklahoma when it sank. Long after Hawaii attack, chaplain’s remains identified 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z At each medals ceremony, as the athletes receive gold, silver and bronze, they are also handed something that looks like a paperweight. What are those things they are giving the winners? 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z To commemorate the closing, Disneyland threw a gala complete with a red carpet, mock paparazzi, desserts, mixed drinks and the opportunity to purchase a $37 paperweight in the form of an enlarged hotel key. Disney fans gather to celebrate — and mourn — the Tower of Terror 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z To prevent this, Hill slid the man’s nearby iPhone onto the bill to act as a paperweight, but his finger tapped “pause” in the process and the Rick Astley instrumental abruptly ceased. Jonah Hill Is No Joke 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Davis thought she was going to sell the paperweight and placed it on the table, the court said. NASA detained a 75-year-old woman selling a tiny moon rock. An appeals court says she can sue. 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z He is notorious for keeping a paperweight model of the state’s electric chair on his desk, for his race-baiting courtroom histrionics, and for playing fast and loose with legal rules. ‘Dr. Death’ 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The Freewrite might still turn out to be the most expensive paperweight I ever bought. Is Freewrite 'smart typewriter' hipster bait or thoughtful tech? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Then, at the exact moment that more people than ever wanted to contact them, they found their phones were nothing more than fancy paperweights. They Busted Your Bracket—And That Busted Their Phones 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Right now, Widder is selling small chunks of the old block, the same one that was grappled by the giant squid in that fateful first footage, as paperweights. A brief history of squid video 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z In around 1972, Nancy Sias of Carroll Valley, Pa., had a boyfriend who for Valentine’s Day gave her a plastic paperweight. Nothing says love like a padded toilet seat, right guys? 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Nendo envisages widespread potential for the designs, from cups and paperweights to necklaces and bracelets. You're really going to want these minimalist Japanese Star Wars designs 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z He cleaned it up and used it for a paperweight for the next four years. Howard Davis Jr., boxer who won Olympic gold while in mourning, dies at 59 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z My favorite pieces in the store were blown-glass paperweights made to look like constellations. A Job That Nourishes the Soul, if Not the Wallet 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z California began installing devices four years ago to prevent unauthorized cellphone signals from reaching their destination, effectively turning contraband phones into paperweights. California rethinks high-tech drive to bar prison cellphones 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z I keep the paperweight in memory of her. David Hare’s Favorite Things 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Then I would mail this orb to Peyton Manning to use as a paperweight. Hey Tom Brady, Here’s How You Destroy a Cellphone 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In 1991, a visitor to the landscaper’s home recognized the paperweight for what it was. Howard Davis Jr., boxer who won Olympic gold while in mourning, dies at 59 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z These features, often called the kill switch, transformed his phone into what he termed a “paperweight.” Kill Switch Is No Dead Certainty to Stop Phone Theft 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z In a few years, we might finally be able to retire Big K. Anybody need a paperweight? Elusive Quest for One True Kilogram Finally Pays Off 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z When Holmes collapses, dropping a glass paperweight to the floor, does the wink to “Citizen Kane” mean that we are trapped in a Wellesian quest for identity? Amy Schumer Comes Clean in “Trainwreck” 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Actual awls served as hazardous-looking paperweights among the seltzer cans and books scattered across the desks. Why are the most important people in media reading The Awl? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The new feature won’t turn your phone into a total paperweight. Google’s Secret to Doubling Your Phone’s Battery Life 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “It is a beautiful, patriotic paperweight,” Buck said of the rifle, which is painted to look like the U.S. flag. U.S. congressman who posed with gun in office could face probe 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z We were all given a heavy square glass paperweight as a memento. Seizing the wheel of a Formula One race car for 7 thrilling minutes 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z There are curios—turtle paperweights, bookends made of zebra feet and footstools crafted from elephant feet. Where the U.S. Government Keeps Confiscated Animal Parts 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Founded in 1586, the manufacture is the only French crystal-maker still capable of creating spherical paperweights using a wide range of skills. Hermes' Arceau Millefiori Showcases The Ancient Art Of Millefiori On A Watch Dial For The First Time 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z “My husband even used it as a paperweight.” Georgetown family finds a surprise in their chimney: A cannonball 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z So people will still come to the Consumer Electronics Show and take away their paperweights, their cellphone cases and their selfie-sticks—the hula hoops of the 21st Century. CES: A User's Guide To The New Economy 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “Your iPod is basically a paperweight at that point,” he said. Lawyers in iPod Trial Await Jury Decision 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z "I liken it to blowing up your iPod ... It's worse than a paperweight." Potential $1 billion Apple DRM judgment is now in jury’s hands 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Also on view is a tiny Qing dynasty crouching tiger that Mr. Frick probably used as a paperweight. Feeding a Growing Appetite for Eastern Art 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z My son’s gift has value to me far beyond its function as an excellent paperweight. What Is Your Fool's Gold? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z According to C/Net, the hottest thing in the whole show was, get this, a paperweight. CES: A User's Guide To The New Economy 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The result, say law enforcement officials, legal experts and forensic analysts, is that more and more seized smartphones will end up as little more than shiny paperweights, with potentially incriminating secrets locked inside forever. FBI blasts Apple, Google for locking police out of phones Others said their fingerprint-scanning Touch ID deactivated, permanently locking the phones and essentially turning affected devices into pricey paperweights. Apple Working the Bugs Out of iPhone 6, iOS 8 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z In such instances, one’s diesel generator becomes a reminder of a failure to plan for the worst, and a rather unsightly paperweight. Princeton Power's Microgrid Project On 'The Rock' - A Harbinger of Things To Come 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “If these can be canceled like the equivalent of canceling a credit card, these are going to be the equivalent of stealing a paperweight.” Antitheft Technology Led to a Dip in iPhone Thefts in Some Cities, Police Say 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Did 170,000 people travel across the country and from around the world to get a paperweight, a cellphone case and a camera pole? CES: A User's Guide To The New Economy 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Cox's father was a US navy captain in the Pacific during the war and for decades used the device as a paperweight. Grenade in carry-on baggage teaches professor a lesson at LA airport 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Navy who served in the Pacific during World War II, used it as a paperweight for decades. Man arrested for having at grenade at LAX is Stanford professor 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Navy who served in the Pacific during World War II, used it as a paperweight for decades. Man arrested for carrying grenade at LAX says charges will be dropped 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z He nodded approvingly at a glass vase filled with pink roses and white calla lilies that would arrive with a butterfly-shaped gemstone necklace, a Baccarat butterfly paperweight and box of Godiva truffles. Apatoff putting the bloom back on FTD 2014-05-11T05:00:00Z Admittedly it was no ordinary paperweight: it was a kind of 3D selfie, with your own image carved inside a transparent cube engineered by Intel’s Realsense technology. CES: A User's Guide To The New Economy 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “For the thieves who would steal them,” Mr. Schneiderman said, the phones would be “nothing more than a paperweight.” Bits Blog: Smartphone Makers Pressed to Address Growing Theft Problem 2013-06-13T23:25:48Z So, anyone who actually pays for this product is going to be buying a very expensive paperweight. Google Glass Is Up For Sale On eBay Again. Buyer Beware. 2013-04-19T18:35:16Z I compared the models of Markram and others to those plastic brains that neuroscientists like to use as paperweights. Do Big New Brain Projects Make Sense When We Don't Even Know the "Neural Code"? 2013-03-23T22:45:03.060Z In contrast, I was methodical with time management, often keeping spreadsheets to manage my to-do's and being an early adopter of PDAs, as evidenced by my expensive Palm VII paperweight. 3 Leadership Skills That Trump All Others 2013-03-12T14:15:36Z "I recommend matchsticks to stay awake: hammer them into your eyeballs with a paperweight," chirps Tom Evershed. New Zealand v England – second ODI as it happened 2013-03-05T17:47:23Z Like a unique paperweight, its intricate antigenic spikes extend like soft peaks. Deadly Diseases Are Less Scary When They're Beautiful Glass Sculptures 2013-01-29T16:15:03.417Z After decades of shrinking down to a manageable size, why are mobile phones returning to their roots as ergonomically challenged paperweights? In-Between Sized Phablets Attract Consumers 2013-01-26T04:45:00.240Z So manufacturers keep devices locked by default to prevent you from turning your phone into an expensive paperweight. How to Root Your Android Device 2013-01-03T12:15:02.877Z "On a related note, anybody in the market for a big black paperweight?" Wii U update 'bricking' warning 2012-11-20T13:00:03Z He liked to keep a defused bomb on his desk as a paperweight - a reminder of the dangers he faced and the enemies he pursued. Tegart: A tough cop in a tough world 2012-09-09T23:43:38Z Calling a piece of music like “Excellent Horse-Like Lady” “bad” is like calling a paperweight “bad”— being “good” or “bad” isn’t its point. Music by Kim Jong Un’s wife 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z Step indoors and you will find that same GPS receiver becomes an expensive paperweight. Mixed Signals: Smart Phone Sensors Recruited to Deliver Indoor GPS 2012-07-02T12:15:00.227Z As soon as they move away, their cellphone is, effectively, a paperweight. India Ink: A Woman Leader for the Isolated Jungle Village of Jharki Bisalpur 2012-05-15T12:17:20Z He rose and collected several heavy leaden paperweights from the different desks in the offices and put them into his pockets. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z According to one story, the vandals were two outraged British ladies and the fragments were subsequently used by the custodian as paperweights. Da Vinci Star Power, Nude Ai Weiwei, Oscar’s Scrub Enliven 2011 2011-12-06T00:49:19Z Daunted by such terms, Helen Huang, the owner of a company producing chrome-plated paperweights, turned to a neighborhood lending pool last year. China?s Businesses Find Loans Are Harder to Get 2011-11-07T17:35:40Z The strange case centers on a speck of authenticated moon rock encased in an acrylic-looking dome that appears to be a paperweight. AP Exclusive: Woman, 74, claims government agents roughed her up over speck of moon dust 2011-10-24T08:03:13Z Elegantly designed hardware without software, however, is simply an elegantly designed paperweight. The Post-Steve Jobs Era: With iPhone 4S, is Apple Becoming a Software Company? 2011-10-10T11:05:34Z As he fell his thick fingers closed on a cast-iron paperweight that lay on the desk. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Fifi was taken into the inner recesses of his study to serve as a paperweight. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z “I do try to ask for more deposits up front, but customers are resistant,” said Ms. Huang, the paperweight maker. China?s Businesses Find Loans Are Harder to Get 2011-11-07T17:35:40Z The America Invents Act has a two-fold mission: to curb patent litigation and to encourage the kind of innovation that makes today's Smartphone tomorrow's paperweight. Patent expert decodes U.S. reform bill 2011-09-07T17:09:55Z Ten small miscellaneous articles, such as a piece of sealing wax, a penknife, paperweight, card-case, pocketbook, and similar articles were scattered upon a table. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z Unconsciously, perhaps, his beads of eyes roved over his desk in search of a convenient paperweight or other weapon. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z It did, one month after my extended warranty expired, and essentially became the most expensive paperweight I ever owned. Boy Genius 2011-08-25T17:29:55Z They do reveal that the lower level gifts include cufflinks, paperweights and key chains. Sleepless in Lusaka 2011-07-13T23:10:15Z In the middle of the blotting-pad a sheaf of letters lay beneath a bronze paperweight of unique design. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z When they wanted to throw something I’d tell them, ‘Use the bean bag, not the paperweight.’ Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win 2011-04-30T17:56:08Z She noticed light glinting off the paperweight when she got up: a micro-camera? Dream girl 2011-02-16T18:20:53.533Z It was hidden inside an ancient steel gauntlet, ostensibly used as a paperweight. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z “Quite possible,” the publisher agreed, frowning as he fingered a paperweight. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed." The Reagan Revelation 2011-01-27T08:30:00Z Instead, I might prove useful for A weapon in the hand of Crime, A paperweight, a milestone, or A missile at Election time; In each capacity I could Do quite incalculable good. Perverted Proverbs A Manual of Immorals for the Many 2011-01-01T03:00:23.337Z If anything, I am what is known as an early adopter, as the various minidisc players and digital radios doing sterling work around the house as paperweights and draught excluders will testify. Sky's 3D golf coverage leaves sales pitch out in the rain 2010-10-03T23:07:00Z In that practice, the mild-mannered Gholston threw Turner to the ground like a paperweight. Waiting Game Vexing for Jets and Gholston 2010-08-28T19:51:00Z But as someone covering infectious disease, I found myself offended: I’ve watched people dying of these things now rendered as $10,000 paperweights. Essay: Are Killer Viruses Things of Beauty? 2010-06-14T21:57:00Z One groom responsible for a big-race winner at York's Dante meeting was heard to tell a friend after the trophy presentation: "What the hell am I supposed to do with a paperweight?" Talking Horses 2010-05-22T09:14:00Z There were half a dozen of these heavy paperweights, and every now and then one was lifted and a fresh slip of paper placed beneath it. A Double Knot A paperweight representing a ragged little dog and an entomological photograph of the common ant. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions His rock collection at home could use a genuine piece of pyramid, and his sister Barby would like one for a paperweight. The Egyptian Cat Mystery A boy, the earlier fire setter, is describing an odd vegetable, tubular and often misshapen, that was excellent for all sorts of childhood pursuits--making paperweights, building scarecrows and decorating mantles. The Land of Look Behind But Gramps had left not his Earthly husk but a note, which Lou finally found on the dresser, under a paperweight which was a treasured souvenir from the World's Fair of 2000. The Big Trip Up Yonder Japanese paperweights, and little tea-pots; so pretty, Matilda thought she must buy one; ivory and Scotch plaid and carved wood paper knives, and one with a deer's foot handle. The House in Town He pulled his fat hands out of his tight pockets and let them fall like paperweights on the envelopes and sheets. At the Crossroads From it he took a letter-knife, a pencil sharpener, a glass globe paperweight, a box of thumb tacks, a stapler, some clips, a plastic ashtray, and some things Thacher could not identify. The Crystal Crypt He had it on his desk in his study, under a paperweight, in an envelope, and that's the last he ever saw of it. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor Kerk picked up a length of steel pipe from the desk, that he used as a paperweight, and toyed with it as he thought. Deathworld Big Bill strode over to the desk, and there, under a paperweight, lay a note, addressed to Mr. Galbraith. Patty's Social Season Jonathan seemed deeply interested in the crystal paperweight on his desk. The House of Toys You shrank it down and put it in a glass globe, in a paperweight. The Crystal Crypt The telephone is right beside the window, and inside, on a desk, the money was lying in an open envelope under a paperweight. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor Then going to the desk, he took a paper from under the paperweight. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play The thing skidded and hit my paperweight so that the switch was thrown on again. The Untouchable Next to it were several sheets of blank paper and a small traveling clock sat on them as a paperweight. Unwise Child He opened the briefcase and reaching into it he brought out the glass globe paperweight. The Crystal Crypt "And if we couldn't eat 'em we could take 'em back to Colby Hall and present 'em to some of the teachers for paperweights." The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods One letter after another Frederik cut open, glanced over, and either put back into the drawer or laid under a paperweight on the desk. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play There he saw a small black box resting near a paperweight. The Untouchable Derry's hand lay on it, a "paperweight" that did not move itself off at Blair's motion. The Boy Patriot "Huh, there goes my paperweight again," said Cattell; "it's getting rough, isn't it?" Tom Slade with the Colors Judge Ledue took the chair, looked around for something to use as a gavel, and rapped sharply with a paperweight. The Cosmic Computer It was Mis' Bates, who, from the high-backed plush rocker, rapped with the blue glass paperweight on the red glass lamp and, in the absence of Mr. Bates, called the meeting to order. Christmas A Story Somebody ought to lay a paperweight on that village a windy day like this. Tom Slade at Temple Camp The professor held a glass paperweight up before Ken and asked a question about it. The Young Pitcher Leonard Kellogg laid the words like a paperweight on the other words he had been saying, and waited. Little Fuzzy At the same instant, with all the power of his trained baseball arm, Tom had hurled the heavy paperweight straight at the outlaw captain. Bert Wilson in the Rockies It is a mere speck of white between the monstrous granite paperweights that oppress the dead on either side of her. Certain Personal Matters On the floor, near where Kirby had been lying, lay a heavy piece of agate evidently used for a paperweight. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story He was grasping a paperweight tightly in one hand, and he felt the rising colour burn his cheeks. A Prince of Sinners He himself had to leave, and the door had scarcely closed behind his back when Jory declared: 'Have you seen his last paperweight? His Masterpiece "If you hadn't had the thinking, all the paperweights in the world wouldn't have done us a bit of good," corrected Tom. Bert Wilson in the Rockies It was broad but not heavy; the fingers that opened and shut quietly on a small paperweight were supple. A Hoosier Chronicle I was standing by the table with my hand on some kind of heavy metal paperweight. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story My mind reverted to my abandoned arguments, embodied in the article which lay beneath the selenite paperweight in my study in Campden Hill Gardens. The War of the Wenuses She laid the typewritten sheets together upon Judge Gray's desk in a straight-edged pile, a paperweight on top. The Twenty-Fourth of June "Bully old boy, Melton," commented Tom, playing lazily with a heavy paperweight he had bought at a curio shop at their last stopping place. Bert Wilson in the Rockies A makeshift combination of paperweights and other books is often used, but with unsatisfactory results. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do These projections would correspond to the network of lines seen in looking through a glass paperweight of the given shape, the lines being formed by the joining of the several faces. Architecture and Democracy Thousands of garnet crystals, found at Ruby Mountain, near Salides, Col., have been made into paperweights and sold to tourists. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 "That paperweight's been lost these two or three days, and it was you who stole it, was it?" Essays in Rebellion His sinewy fingers closed around a glass paperweight. Midnight The block can also be used as a paperweight. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Oswald has given Dora and me small paperweights and Father a big one, bronze groups. A Young Girl's Diary It makes rather a good paperweight, imparts a homely soupcon of farmyard life into one's correspondence, you know. The Brother of Daphne He was sent to the study to fetch a marble paperweight, with which Mr. Carey pressed the bread till it was thin and pulpy, and then it was cut into small squares. Of Human Bondage The corner of the letter was still peeping from under the paperweight, but he didn't even move to cover it. The Possessed (The Devils) The old man slid down from the stool, a paperweight in each hand. All-Wool Morrison "All that the cards tell me, but I'll do a little crystal-gazing if you like!" and Clive seized a glass paperweight, and, staring intently at it, pretended to throw himself into a state of abstraction. Monitress Merle Plunging down the steps he held out for her inspection a crystal paperweight which he had picked up from the library table. Georgina of the Rainbows White and pure, they are heaped up on each other as if after some plan, and look exactly like a huge paperweight from the writing-table of a Titan. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan They sent him boxes of candy from all the great confectioners of the world, boxes of champagne, fine wines of every vintage, fruits, game, ornaments and utensils, clothes, smoking materials, inkstands, paperweights. Public Opinion In the horror of his discovery he flung his arms and knocked off the desk his full stock of paperweight ammunition. All-Wool Morrison I take the liberty of leaving under the paperweight at my elbow a two dollar bill. Green Fancy He swallowed down the rising inclination to be classical at the expense of good taste, and engulfed, on the top of it, as a kind of paperweight, a vast tumblerful of red Nepenthe wine. South Wind —The moot point is did he forget it, J. J. O'Molloy said quietly, turning a horseshoe paperweight. Ulysses He paused, then rising, he gloomily dragged his chair slowly beside the table, and taking up a paperweight examined it with heavy dissatisfaction. Colonel Starbottle's Client "You know—under the paperweight on the little table." War and Peace The author finished his sentence by catching up a heavy metal paperweight and drawing it back as if for a throw. Further Adventures of Lad Then he began to storm again, kicked his chair over, threw a paperweight at the window, and talked such nonsense that I couldn't follow him. Havoc Its appointments were markedly Chinese in character, from the singular, gold inkwell to the jade paperweight; markedly Chinese—and—FEMININE. The Yellow Claw Please don't; I'll stay without your setting that paperweight on me. Selected Stories of Bret Harte He took a heavy paperweight and lifted it threateningly, but at once put it back in its place. War and Peace And to escape these curious manifestations the count posted himself in front of a stationer's, where with profound attention contemplated an array of paperweights in the form of glass bowls containing floating landscapes and flowers. 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