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  • In contrast Loretta Ables Sayre gives a full-blooded performance as the Tonkinese pedlar, Bloody Mary, that brings out the character's sinister predatoriness.

    South Pacific – review 2011

  • Bloody Mary, the Tonkinese Mother Courage who sells grass skirts, shrunken heads and pimps her own daughter, is Loretta Ables Sayre, a member of the Lincoln Center cast.

    Falling in Love With the Barbican's Wonderful 'South Pacific' Paul Levy 2011

  • So Vinny Ables (ph) is actually one of the people who has come by the Sago Baptist Church just to show your support for the families.

    CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006 2006

  • The Note-Ables look as corny as a Swedish dansband from the early 70s, but dressed less way out.

    The Note-Ables mrdantefontana 2006

  • This was prior, said Alan Ables, a former Arkansas corrections official.

    U.S. had clues before Oklahoma City bombing 2003

  • But our thoughts are with you as the search continues for your friend Ben Ables (ph).

    CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2005 2005

  • ZAHN: Just eight days ago, Dr. Libby North was in a bungalow in one of Thailand's islands packing for the trip back to the United States with her friend, Ben Ables (ph).

    CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2005 2005

  • Although on the whole what they were up to is a matter for speculation, it is certain that they erased the inscriptions on the headstone and the slab that covered the grave of the evocatively named Marie de Nègre d' Ables, a noblewoman of the area who died on 17 January 1781, presumably in order to destroy the information it contained.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Although on the whole what they were up to is a matter for speculation, it is certain that they erased the inscriptions on the headstone and the slab that covered the grave of the evocatively named Marie de Nègre d' Ables, a noblewoman of the area who died on 17 January 1781, presumably in order to destroy the information it contained.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • "Without that license, the patrons cannot see the alcohol and they cannot see the bartenders," explained James Ables, the restaurant's manager.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL COOPER 2011

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