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  • The Comptons have them, and the Thompsons, and the Bateses, and the Foote, Cones, and the Fuller, Smiths and just about every one of those old-line, heavy, overstaffed, fat agencies.

    From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010

  • The Comptons have them, and the Thompsons, and the Bateses, and the Foote, Cones, and the Fuller, Smiths and just about every one of those old-line, heavy, overstaffed, fat agencies.

    From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010

  • The Comptons have them, and the Thompsons, and the Bateses, and the Foote, Cones, and the Fuller, Smiths and just about every one of those old-line, heavy, overstaffed, fat agencies.

    From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010

  • The Comptons have them, and the Thompsons, and the Bateses, and the Foote, Cones, and the Fuller, Smiths and just about every one of those old-line, heavy, overstaffed, fat agencies.

    From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010

  • The Comptons were staying for a nightcap, but Qwilleran groped his way out of the murky bar, bumping into tables and kicking chair legs.

    The Cat Who Came To Breakfast Braun, Lilian Jackson 1994

  • At the hotel he waited for the Comptons to come out of the small auditorium where Lyle had delivered his lecture on "Bloody Scotland."

    The Cat Who Came To Breakfast Braun, Lilian Jackson 1994

  • They shook hands, and he followed the Comptons out.

    Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992

  • The day after I had first phoned Mr. Updike he finally called to say he had managed to get the Comptons and their attorney to agree to a hearing in front of a supreme court judge.

    Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992

  • Two hours later Mr. Updike called Felix Humbrick and learned the Comptons had agreed to give up the fight.

    Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992

  • The Comptons and their attorney took one side of the room, and we took the other, with both attorneys sitting in the leather chairs closest to the desk.

    Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992

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