Grab the book nearest you. Right now.

“Earlier, in Figure 3-8, Kristin outlined the properties for the attribute in her document.”

New Perspectives on XML 2nd Edition Comprehensive by Patrick Carey

“So the scandal would gather, and Harry’s parents would beg him to break off the marriage.”
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr

The book I would have told you was the closest to me, is Melissa Morgan-Oakes, Two at a Time Socks

Page 111 is a picture, and on page 112, complete sentences are problematic, but my best estimate is that I would have used “The heel flap now measures about s2” m2 1/4" l21/2" "

I have that one at home. :smiley:

The Doc: My Story - Hallowed Be Thy Game
by Tommy Docherty

(using it to research a book I’m writing)

I tried playing this at home, and of the nearest three books, none of them had 11 sentences on page 111. (Orchestration, Counterpoint, and Harmony, all by Walter Piston–all had most of the page taken up with musical examples.)

The organization must also ensure that the new project will not apply its practices sloppily or haphazardly and thus do damage to the project’s success.

from; CMMI second edition - Guidlines for Process Integration and Product Improvement

“The ideal technical components of a buyer workstation are (1) an automated transaction system linked to a …” blahblahblah

Purchasing & Supply Management, 11th ed

“Sylvia went white”.

From the short story Rage contained inThe Baghman Books by Stephen King.

I’ve read it a million times, but not recently, so I’m sitting here racking my brain trying to remember why Sylvia did that. :slight_smile:

Same with Starving Artist’s

It’s got to be a date with Helen or the party at Mrs. Pumphrey’s house.

Enterprise Management with the Group Policy Management Console at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx on Microsoft.com.

From Windows Vista Security Guide, published by Microsoft.

Why is a book on Windows Vista the closest one to me? Why do I even *have *it? Across the entire global enterprise, we have one Windows Vista Ultimate PC and 4 running Windows Vista Business. This is out of over 305,000 computers.

Time to thin out the shelves…

“Flushing the buffer gets rid of tons of information that rightly would be there in the real world when you run the query.”
Thomas Kyte, Effective Oracle by Design

The sentence doesn’t do the book justice! It is a thrilling tale of database development skills.

“He hadn’t been listening at all; she’d misinterpreted his steady gaze on her red-tipped toes.”

The Tutor, Peter Abrahams

“Are you struggling with temporary administrative staff who are unreliable, unhappy with their assignments, a poor cultural fit, or who leave too quickly for better job offers?”

Customer Message Management, Tim Reisterer and Diane Emo

Ah, books I have at work. Maybe someday I will read them.

“It dawned on Windle Poons that Doreen had miraculously acquired the ability to use her double-yous.”

Reaper man, Terry Pratchett

TRIHIBIT (hemophilus B vaccine + diphtheria tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine) Use for 4th dose only, age 15 to 18 mo: 0.5 mL IM.

Tarascon’s Pocket Pharmacopeia. Debatable whether this book really uses sentences.

“As each match is found, increment a counter variable”

Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide

"Could any man be more miserable than I?

Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick

“He handed it down and moved off, followed by a chorus of thanks and good-nights.”

Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

“To permit reliable operation at interconnect lengths of 40-160 meters, the receiver must use frequency equalization, with typical characteristics shown in Figure 6.3.”

Video Demystified - A Handbook for the Digital Engineer, 5th edition, by Keith Jack

I had to cheat and use page 112 - page 111 is just “Table 6.4. Ancillary Data Packet General Format”