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Pronto by Elmore Leonard

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Author Biography

Name: Elmore Leonard
Birth Date: October 11, 1925
Death Date: January 13, 1993
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer, Screenwriter

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Biography of Elmore (John) Leonard, (Jr.)
8606 words, approx. 28.7 pages
Many critics consider Elmore Leonard to be the best living writer of crime fiction in the United States. Since the mid 1980s he has enjoyed enormous commercial success, and his style has influenced a generation of writers. Leonard began his career writin...
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Biography of Elmore (John) Leonard, (Jr.)
4144 words, approx. 13.8 pages
Dubbed "The Dickens of Detroit" by Time magazine in 1984, Elmore Leonard has written more than thirty novels, as well as many short stories and screenplays. He began his writing career in the early 1950s, turning out short stories for western pulp magazi...
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Biography of Elmore Leonard
3552 words, approx. 11.8 pages
Elmore Leonard has been called the greatest living writer of crime fiction. His novels have been compared to the works of the acknowledged masters of the genre, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Critics praise Leonard's uncanny ear for dialogue, and...
 


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Pronto Information
138 words, approx. 1 pages
Pronto condoms are a brand of sheath being released in South Africa, designed by Willem van Rensburg. The outside protective packaging acts as the condom applicator as well, which reduces the time needed to utilize the condom. The designer was inspired...


News and Journals
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The New York Observer
Craving a Social Life, Manhattan Moms? Call a Sitter, Pronto!
10/16/2005: 1,193 words, approx. 4 pages
My longtime friend Pam is single and the godmother to my two kids. My children adore her, and she is wonderful with them. For years, she was very accommodating to my family’s schedule. But not long ago, Pam began to chafe under my assumption that...
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AP News
Indian actor Dutt sentenced to 6 years
8/1/2007: 349 words, approx. 1 pages
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for illegally possessing guns that he received from key plotters behind the 1993 bombings in Mumbai.The well-known actor already has served 18 months in jail following his arrest, and it appears he will...
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AP News
Barry Diller's IAC revamps iWon.com
9/30/2007: 397 words, approx. 1 pages
IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company controlled by media mogul Barry Diller, plans to relaunch its iWon.com Web site Monday with new games, more prizes and plans to add social networking functions.The site also now incorporates a search toolbar that links iWon users to the company's Ask.com...
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AP News
You might wear computing's next wave
10/12/2007: 551 words, approx. 2 pages
From clothes riddled with sensors to name tags that detect our moods, computing's next wave could unleash small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital intelligence.That was the predominant vision at a conference on "wearable computing" held this week in Boston, where researchers showed...
 


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Pronto by Elmore Leonard

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