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Beyond the small and slippery pyramid which composed Mrs. Archers world lay thealmost unmapped quarter inhabited by artists, musicians and people who wrote. his

scattered !ra"ment o! humanity had ne#er shown any desire to be amal"amated with the

social structure. In spite o! odd ways there were said to be, !or the most part, quite

respectable$ but they pre!erred to %eep themsel#es to themsel#es. Medora Manson, in herprosperous days, had inau"urated a literary salon$ but it had soon died out ownin" to

the reluctance o! the literary to !requent it.

&thers ha#e made the same attempt, and there was a household o! Blen%ers ' an intenseand #oluble mother, and three blowsy dau"hters who imitated her ' where one met (dwin

Booth and )atti and *illiam *inter, and the new +ha%espearian actor eor"e i"nold,

and some o! the ma"aine editors and musical and literary critics. Mrs. Archer and her "roup !elt a certain timidity concernin" these persons. hey

were odd, and they were uncertain, they thin"s one didnt %now about in the bac%"round

o! there li#es and minds. /iterature and art were deeply respected in the Archer set, andMrs. Archer was always at pains to tell her children how much more a"reeable and

culti#ated society had been when it included such !i"ures as *ashin"ton Ir#in" and 0it-

reen 1allec%. he most celebrated authors o! the "eneration had been "entlemen $

perhaps the un%nown persons who succeeded them had "entlemanly sentiments, but theirori"in, there appearance, their hair, their intimacy with the sta"e and the &pera, made any

old 2ew 3or% criteria inapplicable to them.

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An (n"lish lan"ua"e ma"aine has 6ust run a competition to !ind the reader with the most

interestin" hobby or pastime. 3ou were as%ed to 6ud"e the competition, which attractedmore than 788 entries. he editor o! the ma"aine now wants you to write an article

namin" the prie winner and the runner-up. *rite about the hobby or pastime o! each o!

the two people selected and "i#e reasons !or choosin" them as prie winners. 3our articlemust ha#e between 988 and 998 words.

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!$+.! 78 youll :: 4?5 issued with a helmet and a small petrol-dri#en %art.@sually you will ha#e to compete in a championship in the hope o! ::.45 a tiny plastic

trophy. &! course, there will be one person who will ta%e it all desperately seriously$ it is

quite possible he will ha#e practised ::. 45 the team-buildin" wee%end. 1e is usuallythe most unpopular person in the o!!ice, too.

An e#en more adrenalin ' char"ed alternati#e is to arran"e a tandem parachute at >9

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Eulie Mor"ansternFs boo% entitledTime Management from the

Inside Out aims to help people or"anise their time better.Eulie says that "ettin" or"anised is a