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  • These acts of massacre and rapine were especially numerous on the eastern borders of Transylvania, among the so-called Szeklers, or "Frontiersmen," in whose country the scene of the present narrative is chiefly laid.

    Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania M��r J��kai 1864

  • Reading political journalism can make ya recall what Sam Rayburn said about the New Frontiersmen: “I wish that some of them would just once run for sheriff.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Feel the Kausmentum 2010

  •   The affair was one last triumph of Kennedy staffing — an incredible assemblage that brought together the President and four pretenders, princes of the church, the Chief Justice, Cabinet secretaries, the cream of congress, civil-rights leaders, old New Frontiersmen, movie stars, poets, Beautiful People.

    Bobby's Last, Longest Day 2009

  • Ex-New Frontiersmen like speechwriter Ted Sorensen and Newton Minow, a senior Kennedy administration official, have also joined the cause.

    Worlds Apart 2008

  • Frontiersmen battling both the Cherokee and the Boston banker, in a revolt of the muddy boots, drove the country westward and seemed to permanently dispel the Old World vision of America held by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers.

    Misfit America 2006

  • Frontiersmen battling both the Cherokee and the Boston banker, in a revolt of the muddy boots, drove the country westward and seemed to permanently dispel the Old World vision of America held by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers.

    Misfit America 2006

  • Frontiersmen battling both the Cherokee and the Boston banker, in a revolt of the muddy boots, drove the country westward and seemed to permanently dispel the Old World vision of America held by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers.

    Misfit America 2006

  • In Newfoundland, important sites were placed under armed guard by members of the legion of Frontiersmen.

    Newfoundland and the Great War: the beginnings Ed Hollett 2007

  • Frontiersmen did whatever it took to get their quarry, he points out.

    Using Stealth to Hunt Trophy Whitetail Bucks 2004

  • Started the day off with the "High Frontiersmen" panel, which actually turned out much better than any of us expected.

    WorldCon, Day 2 nwhyte 2005

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