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Rage of Angels

Sidney Sheldon, American writer, wrote a novel entitled "Rage of Angels". Could you please tell me what the exact meaning of this title is, and to what the allusion is made?
13:33 Wed 31st Jan 20073 answers, last by tara20 00:04 Fri 02nd Feb 2007
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drdeng

The sky is/was falling

I noticed that Sidney Sheldon came up with a novel in 2000 entitled "The Sky Is Falling". The other day I happened upon a similar saying in John Grisham's book "The Runaway Jury": "Added to the rumor...
07:58 Fri 15th Dec 20065 answers, last by mintytone 20:25 Fri 09th Feb 2007
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"that" or "what"?

In George Orwell's essay "A Nice Cup of Tea", which the author tells the reader what he considers to be the best method by which tea is made, the last sentence is as follows: "It is worth paying...
07:24 Fri 01st Dec 20068 answers, last by drdeng 01:09 Mon 04th Dec 2006
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Feng shui

This expression was presumably translitterated from Chinese characters. If so, why was it not translittereated as "Fung shway", since that is the way it is meant to be pronounced?
02:47 Wed 08th Nov 20066 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:57 Fri 10th Nov 2006

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