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  • Consigned to elastic-band jeans and seasonal sweatshirts.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • Consigned by the Reformation to a life apart from the Christian community which had given it birth, the interpretation of Holy Scripture came to be understood, at least initially, as something purely subjective, its meaning given by an act of the Holy Spirit working both with the believer and the words themselves.

    Neo-Con Rage « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • Consigned to elastic-band jeans and seasonal sweatshirts.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • Consigned to outer darkness by having our English edition superceded by the Australian version, I for one never even knew about the Film supplements.

    Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009

  • Consigned to Geppetto, the lively log contrives to bang his shins and provoke a second misunderstanding and a second fight before it is taken away.

    Knock on Wood Parks, Tim 2009

  • Consigned to the axis of evil, he proved nimble at fighting back, identifying himself with the disinherited of the earth against the "arrogant power."

    Iran: The Tragedy & the Future Cohen, Roger 2009

  • Consigned to the perennial label of 'also rans', Black people knew that there was no way one of them would win, but at least taking part gave them some exposure, even if they were doomed by their colour to be eternally second-best, and many grabbed the opportunity to be at least involved.

    Why it is suddenly cool to be Black in Britain 2008

  • Consigned to death row, the loneliest and most forbidding place in America?

    Preliminary Notes from No Man's Land: An Excerpt from Red State Rebels 2008

  • Consigned to the clearance pile a decade ago, Barneys may sell for close to $1 billion.

    The Barneys Mystery 2007

  • Consigned to the clearance pile a decade ago, Barneys may sell for close to $1 billion.

    The Barneys Mystery 2007

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