The houses were all one story and sturdy, designed to withstand the brutal winds of spring.

An invite to visit a traditional Balinese village from an instant friend may end up with a hard-luck story designed to extract money.

Faulkner then began work on a story designed to be so gruesome that its shock value would make it popular.

On the other hand, it might be merely a blind, a tall story designed to put Charlie off his guard.

The editorial intention of the series, however, was to be an update of the character's early stories designed to draw in new readers.

The stories designed both to entertain and to deceive would make a bibliography five feet thick.

The developer said he expected to break ground next year on a residential building of almost 50 stories, designed by the architect Frank Williams.

Her stories, designed to evoke the atmosphere of the tango, had a strangely tenuous quality.

It also planted stories designed to embarrass or contradict the Sandinista regime.

The musical has a thin story designed to showcase Al Jolson, who was at the height of his popularity.