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Liz Carpenter

U.S. politician

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

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within call

[within call] or [within hail] {adv. phr.} 1. Near enough to hear each other's voices. * /When the two ships were within hail, their officers exchanged messages./ * /Billy's mother […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

call

[call] See: [AT CALL], [AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL], [CLOSE CALL], [ON CALL], [PORT OF CALL], [POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK], [WITHIN CALL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

man of letters

[man of letters] {n. phr.} A writer; an author; a scholar. * /Chekhov was not only a practicing physician but also a first-rate man of letters./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

time off

[time off] {n. phr.} A period of release from work. * /If I had some time off this afternoon, I would finish writing the letters I promised to my family./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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easy mark

[easy mark] {n.} A foolishly generous person; one from whom it is easy to get money. * /Bill is known to all the […]

in force

[in force] {adj. phr.} 1. To be obeyed. * /New times for eating meals are now in force./ Syn.: [IN EFFECT]. 2. In a large […]

Peter de Vries

(1910--) U.S. writer I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.