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  • She seemed somewhat frail and careworn in the episode "Discards"; and had it taken place in 1999 we might have suggested that her condition was due to the death of her daughter Helena in the lunar explosion.

    Archive 2009-06-21 Toby O'B 2009

  • Reminds me of an essay by Nicholson Baker: "Discards," in The New Yorker, April 4, 1994, 64-70+.

    A Day Without A Library Catalog ricklibrarian 2007

  • Matt from Scrubbles has put up "Discards," a gallery of found photographs.

    Boing Boing: June 9, 2002 - June 15, 2002 Archives 2002

  • "Discards" occur because EU rules limit the quota of fish that vessels land in port, but not the amount they actually catch.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2009

  • "Discards" occur because EU rules limit the quota of fish that vessels land in port, but not the amount they actually catch.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2009

  • And, out in the yellow desert, through dawn's early light, you can see the Social Discards standing on the line of the dunes, fresh faced women, near-naked children, tall, thin men in their veiled, dark blue robes, watching the spacemen come and go.

    New Race Joe Sullivan 2010

  • And, like Ann, my heart is wrenched every time I see those old, loved books put out as Discards.

    PodCastle » PC038: In the House of the Seven Librarians 2009

  • Discards of ordinary lives were categorized with the same detailed attention that might be found in a Regent Street haberdashery.

    Mexico's Monte De Piedad - More Than Household Finance 2007

  • BofA Discards Countrywide Name The group became involved in nearly every aspect of Merrill's operations, with dozens of Bank of America employees tracking Merrill's financial condition on a daily basis, according to people who work at the firm.

    Thain Fires Back at Bank of America 2009

  • Discards of ordinary lives were categorized with the same detailed attention that might be found in a Regent Street haberdashery.

    Mexico's Monte De Piedad - More Than Household Finance 2007

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