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  • The Copa airlines Boeing 737 Flight 201 that broke up high up over the Panama jun-gle in 1992, spilling passengers all over the jungle, did so because of an illu-sion.

    Lead Us to the Real 2008

  • “O thou (meaning the Almighty) by whom thou (meaning the sun) art enlightened, illu-minate my mind, that my actions may be agree — able to thy will!”

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • The shaft was illu-minated only with the same dim green lights that the rest of this deck was bathed in.

    Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

  • Everything about him began to dis - appear, fading away into darkness which only the sword's light illu - minated.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • The unpleasant monochromatic illu - mination turned their skin as pale and waxen as that of a two-week-old corpse.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

  • Some favorites included a wall of force, which created an invisible barrier that allowed others to see into but not enter his lair, and an illu-sionary door that couldn't be moved even by touch or disbe'lieving the illusion.

    The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

  • It generated illu - sions of life, but in reality it was full of zombies.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • It generated illu - sions of life, but in reality it was full of zombies.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • It generated illu - sions of life, but in reality it was full of zombies.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • It generated illu - sions of life, but in reality it was full of zombies.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

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