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  • Denver cornerback Karl Paymah continued the Broncos new and ridiculous fuckstick tradition of trash talking after a loss, when he called Fins 'receiver Greg Camarillo an "average Joe."

    MVN 2008

  • I am a little astonished to see this position mentioned as originating in this country among the Pennsylvania Germans, because the only reference that I can find to the kneeling posture among the Germans (and we cannot in reality call the Fins Germans) is by Holst,52 who says that the Esthen, in difficult cases, seek to hasten delivery by assuming the kneeling posture, by suspending the woman, or placing her upon her husband's lap.

    Labor Among Primitive Peoples 1884

  • Singer/barman Jimmy Buffett has written a Dolphin ditty, called Fins for the Fish, and the stadium has been renamed Land Shark Stadium after a line of Buffett's beer.

    Ottawa Sun 2009

  • And while the Fins were a great story last year, I think the weapons Atlanta possess have more staying power than a gimmick offense and the fragile Chad Pennington.

    Sportable.com 2009

  • It is commonly thought, that the Fins are the chief Infiruments of Motion, but this is a vulgar Error, for the chief Ufe of the Fins is te poife the Body, and to Jceep it fteady, as alfo to fiop it when it is in Motion*: Borellu by cutting off the Belly Fins of a Fifh, found that it reeled to and fro, and was unable to keep itfelf in an upright Pofture.

    The Art of Angling 1781

  • Falcons 'Smith,' Fins 'Sparano win USA TODAY's NFL coach honors - USATODAY. com

    Falcons' Smith, 'Fins' Sparano win USA TODAY's NFL coach honors 2009

  • "Dare's growing fins!" and the college paper took to calling him "Fins,"

    The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • He sang crowd favorites including "Fins," "Pascagoula Run" and "Volcano" during a more than two-hour show that had hundreds of fans swaying to the music and holding up bottles of beer in the night air at Lulu's restaurant, owned by his sister, Lucy

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2010

  • For the Coral Shores boys team, the season ran its course similar to the Lady 'Fins' year, as the 'Canes built momentum early on and finished with a winning record.

    KeysNews.com - admin 2010

  • The Marathon girls and Coral Shores boys squads -- along with the Island Christian and Marathon boys teams -- were ousted during the opening rounds of the playoffs, ending the year in the district tournaments, and short of the Lady 'Fins' goal of a berth in the state playoffs.

    KeysNews.com - admin 2010

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