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  • The secret was in the good old Yiddish word "Blat" (Rus: блат; Eng: list).

    shlemazl 2009

  • Blat,” mutters Aunt Muza—you must have connections.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Blat,” mutters Aunt Muza—you must have connections.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • We also considered Blat Out of Hell, but we kept looking, under ever rock and slab, searching out just the right grub of a title.

    James Pinkerton: Judith Regan: My Inferno, And Welcome To It 2008

  • As I write this near the village of Blat, which has its own little list of civilian dead, it's quite clear that many more innocent Lebanese are being prepared for the slaughter--and will indeed die in the coming days.

    Monday, July 31, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • This piece had its origins all the way back in an old Daily Blat essay.

    The Speculist: Second Blogiversary (Belated) 2005

  • This piece had its origins all the way back in an old Daily Blat essay.

    The Speculist: September 2005 Archives 2005

  • He had gone to the woman Blat-sky and discovered that the only things she had to offer were stolen and discarded bits of true wisdom, overlaid with a tinsel-dross of half-truth, flattery, and lies to make it pretty and palatable.

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • Shivani wasn't at all surprised at that; the Blat woman's begging habits were a matter of mirth among her dacoits, one or two of whom had penetrated the ranks of her servants before they learned just how empty her promises were.

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • Shivani wasn't at all surprised at that; the Blat woman's begging habits were a matter of mirth among her dacoits. one or two of whom had penetrated the ranks of her servants before they learned just how empty her promises were.

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

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