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  • Mario Dumont's 1995 Speech in Favour of Quebec Sov ...

    Archive 2007-04-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • Mario Dumont's 1995 Speech in Favour of Quebec Sovereignty

    Archive 2007-04-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • Apparently Return The Favour might be the first UK single; The Box added it this week.

    unknown title 2009

  • 'Favour's all very well, only you mind what I say, Micromegas! don't you dare touch the peasants, my subjects, out of my sight!

    A Desperate Character and Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • After this new Theatre had enjoy'd that short Run of Favour which is apt to follow Novelty, their Audiences began to flag: But whatever good Opinion we had of our own Merit, we had not so good a one of the Multitude as to depend too much upon the Delicacy of their Taste: We knew, too, that this Company, being so much nearer to the City than we were, would intercept many an honest Customer that might not know a good Market from a bad one; and that the thinnest of their Audiences must be always taking something from the Measure of our Profits.

    An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889

  • It coupled the sixth symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich—written after the composer was officially censured in Pravda articles—with "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," a gripping collaboration for six actors and orchestra by playwright Tom Stoppard and conductor-composer André Previn that movingly depicts the plight of political dissidents in Soviet-era mental hospital-prisons, with the orchestra as part of the action.

    Regional Orchestras in the Spotlight Barbara Jepson 2011

  • It turns into a reciprocal giving arrangement, where everyone deposits into the Favour Bank and then you can draw on it later.

    5 Reasons authors should network in person - The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn 2008

  • Diary Entry by Muhammad Khurshid (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Say A Few Words In Favour Of Peace, Dear Obama'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'There will be no denying that now the whole world is demanding peace as the deaths and destruction in various parts of the world have been affecting the people.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Say A Few Words In Favour Of Peace, Dear Obama 2009

  • The unidentified creature was seen on the Favour Royal Road at about 10 pm.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

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