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  • Branches Cloaked in Delicate Buds Hi Everyone: We spent a delightful Friday afternoon down by the banks of the river.

    NYC Dining: Abbondanza on Arthur Avenue (UPDATED!) 2009

  • New York Times: U.S. in Delicate Spot as Fraud Claims Mount in Afghan Vote

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: September 09, 2009 2009

  • Drunken Sailor, and Bovisand soldier, the [585] larger sort being distinguished as Bouncing Bess, whilst the smaller, paler kind is known as Delicate Bess throughout the West of Devon.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Please use the "Delicate" cycle. by dougontrack on Sunday, Jan 11, 2009 at 9: 54: 25 AM

    The Constitution: Post W. 2009

  • I'm pretty sure he's listening to Damien Rice, and chances are it's either "Delicate" or "The Blower's Daughter."

    Nobody Can Tell Ya There's Only One Song (Music (For Robots)) 2005

  • As of this past week's episode, we can also add a song called "Delicate" by Damien Rice.

    "LOST" IN THOUGHT, MUSICALLY Toby O'B 2005

  • There are two songs sung in English, including "Delicate" by Ireland's Damien Rice.

    Celso Fonseca Revisits Traditional Bossa Nova 2005

  • (Soundbite of "Delicate") Mr. FONSECA: (Singing) Why'd you sing ` Hallelujah 'if you think there's nothing to you?

    Celso Fonseca Revisits Traditional Bossa Nova 2005

  • Even then they entered reluctantly and as if it were a great condescension that they came at all, Jed and "Delicate" coming in last, with scarcely a casual glance toward the teacher's desk, as if she were a mere fraction in the scheme of the school.

    A Voice in the Wilderness Grace Livingston Hill 1906

  • "Delicate" at recess, as in former times, would say, "My good Timothy, I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow; by his best arrow with the golden head" -- until all the school-yard rang with classic phrases; and the whole country round was being addressed in phrases of another century by the younger members of their households.

    A Voice in the Wilderness Grace Livingston Hill 1906

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