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Usage examples of downing.

Greg Downing had vanishedsometime between the time this call was made and the next morning.

So for now, Myron could safely assume that Greg Downing hadseen Carla sometime before his disappearance.

Ofcourse, Greg Downing did not appear to be a drug user, but he would notbe the first person to fool everyone.

You look like you got itin your head that Downing was the killer and that was it.

What possibleconnection could there be between Greg Downing and Liz Gorman?

Still, Myron hadtrouble buying a romantic entanglement involving Greg Downing and LizGorman.

And finally, if Greg Downing was about to become a terribleembarrassment to the franchise - to the point of devaluing if not destroyingClip Arnstein's chances of maintaining control - who would have the bestmotive to make sure Greg Downing disappeared?

Interestingly enough, the last call Mr Downing madefrom his home was to your office.

Are you going to tell me aboutyour conversation with Greg Downing, or do I destroy your reputation?

Suppose Liz Gorman had something elseon Greg Downing, a revelation equally if not potentially more explosivethan laying down a few bets.

In order to blackmail Downing, LizGorman had to have stumbled across something incriminating.

At a door some distance away, Downing turned and glanced over his shoulder, then passed on through it.

But Frank Downing had been lucky, a happy victim of a process which snatched him from the bottoms to the relative heaven of the state's toughest reform school.

Then, another night, after making sure that Downing was no longer in town, he would come back for another visit.

The gray-haired man, Downing told him, was a long-time friend and business associate of Zearsdale.