For a boy like Birk, it must have been beyond imagining.

The term birk was to endure for some time, however.

I wondered if Birk's parents knew why he'd gone.

Birk said if it was all right with me he'd wait till bedtime for Us shower.

He engages her in a game of jumping across, which does not end until Birk almost falls down.

When we arrived, Birk jumped out of the truck and started carrying groceries into the kitchen.

Mrs. Birk was left to pick up the pieces.

To be-well, not just my personal assistant, like Birk, but someone more trusted.

I found the granola bars and slid me package toward Birk.

If I needed evidence of Birk's visit, here it was in profusion.

She married newspaper executive Ellis Birk in 1939 and they had two children.

The last owner of the restaurant was Birk, hence the name of the building.

That led Birk to reconsider his choice of ensemble.

But the economic reason gets back to Matt Birk.

Eventually, she befriends Birk, who turns out to be a son of her father's sworn enemy.

"Playing with pain is part of the game," Mr. Birk said recently.

Mrs. Birk's earnings are now in six figures, and she is up for promotion to senior vice president next month.

Well, Birk, there's a cafe in Whitethorn just down the road from here.

I showed Birk where to put his duffel, and 1 hung fresh towels in the guest bathroom.

If Birk had walked down this road.

Their leaves were small and slender, as if from miniature willows, exactly matching the ones in Birk's hair.

I dipped into the day of Birk's conception.

Mrs. Birk insists she is deadly serious about compliance.

Mrs. Birk oversees an office with 36 brokers and trainees, only one woman among them.

Mrs. Birk has sometimes wondered, she said, if her approach compromises her control.