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'Counterblast' did not appear until he had been King of
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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King James, in his "Counterblast," says, "Some of the gentry of this land, bestow three, some four hundred pounds a year, upon this precious stink."
A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation Orin Fowler 1821
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(Radio Times entry 8 April 98 about programme 'Counterblast')
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Just think what could have been achieved had Michael been able to devote his time to keeping New Worlds going as a monthly magazine, acting as a kind of mainstream Counterblast to the various movements and groups that have come and gone since the sixties.
Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1) 2009
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The Huntsman: Counterblast To The Insolence of Office skip to main | skip to sidebar
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A Counterblast to Tobacco (1616), is at odds with the divine body of the sovereign, or with his divinely authorized demand for laboring and fighting subjects.
'Manlius to Peter Pindar':Satire, Patriotism, and Masculinity in the 1790s 2006
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Counterblast – a Nazi scientist escapes to England at the end of WWII, and murders and takes the identity of a British scientist returning from Australia.
Why Am I Still Doing This…? Part 1 « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2008
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In Counterblast, McLuhan stated that “the newspaper … structures ordinary unawareness in patterns which correspond to the most sophisticated maneuvers of mathematical physics and modern painting,” and the newspaper has continued to be an inspiration to artists who seek to interpret and “make strange” the quotidian information contained in each issue.
reading the newspaper: beaulieu Lemon Hound 2006
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In Counterblast, McLuhan stated that “the newspaper … structures ordinary unawareness in patterns which correspond to the most sophisticated maneuvers of mathematical physics and modern painting,” and the newspaper has continued to be an inspiration to artists who seek to interpret and “make strange” the quotidian information contained in each issue.
Archive 2006-10-01 Lemon Hound 2006
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Avenger, the fastest of the scouts, had reached the far side of the system, was cruising just inside the outermost planet's orbit; the others had spread out in a pincer movement, the heavy cruiser Reprisal moving clockwise, supported by the frigate Vindicator, while the flagship, Onslaught, moved counterclockwise, little Counterblast trailing in her wake.
Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000
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