Anchor: These stories make up a time capsule assembled by a skilled social historian, a rich gallery of plausible lives.
Entailed: These stories coalesce as a time capsule, a complex tapestry of interwoven lives. 
Contradiction: These tales about one man's life are forgettable, assembled by a novice librarian.
Contradiction: Tommy didn't nod.
Contradiction: No one remembered the vanishing of Jane Finn.  
Contradiction: A helicopter just landed.
Contradiction: The ones who can least afford a lawyer in Clay County are the people who needed the most.