41.   Because I have fallen into the habit of trying too often to make writing read like speaking.

42.   Between its covers, too, the magazine reads like a primer for aspiring courtesans.

43.   Besides, their claims are often supported by internal Microsoft documents that read like the collected works of Vito Corleone.

44.   Bestselections.com is essentially a mall with a store roster that reads like a shopping diary for the international jet set.

45.   A chance meeting with such a family on the river at Commerce, Mo., reads like a lost chapter out of Huckleberry Finn.

46.   A lot of the book reads like a prose journal.

47.   A great cloud of black explodes at the center of the piece, which is punctuated by real holes that read like the aftermath of a spray of bullets.

48.   A gripping, fast-paced story that reads like headlines from real assassinations and conspiracies in modern U.S. history.

49.   A peek at the Equity New Issue Calendar on a Bloomberg terminal last week read like a departure monitor at a fogged-in airport.

50.   After arriving in San Francisco, he added more restaurants to his resume, which reads like a laundry list.