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  • The authority respond to Mr. Gulliver's remarks, saying that a basket peg "lacks the simplicity and transparency of the existing peg to the U.S. dollar."

    Thoughts for a Dollar Fiona Law 2011

  • This titanic struggle ranks right up there with Gulliver's Lilliputians warring over the proper end from which to eat a soft boiled egg!

    Al Checchi: Government's Travels Al Checchi 2011

  • On the one hand, I think I appreciate the latter story more than I have in the past, but, on the other, it's surely one of HPL's stranger (and longest), and I'm wondering if anyone's ever tried reading it as a sort of Gulliver's Travels political satire.

    "Fill the night with stories. The legend grows." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Paul: My main inspiration for the Deepwoods was perhaps the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, though other books–Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Gormenghast, Gulliver's

    Talking to Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell about the Edge Chronicles 2010

  • You know, I'm genuinely beginning to miss the world where "google*" was a relatively obscure mathematical term, where "yahoo" referred to "a crude or brutish person" (derived from the Yahoos of Swift's Gulliver's Travels), where "Amazon" referred either to a South American river or to Ἀμαζόνες, a nation of fierce female warriors.

    Ugh III (but not so ughly as yesterday) greygirlbeast 2009

  • Blunt is known to be a favorite of Marvel brass She was offered the role of Black Widow in Iron Man 2, until Fox exercised an option it held on the actress and put her into Gulliver's Travels.

    Who Should Play Captain America's Leading Lady? The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • In other words, you can easily picture what Jonathan Swift would have had to say about it, had he included it in Gulliver's Travels.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [152] -- A Palin-Free Month? Chris Weigant 2011

  • In other words, you can easily picture what Jonathan Swift would have had to say about it, had he included it in Gulliver's Travels.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [152] -- A Palin-Free Month? Chris Weigant 2011

  • Gemma Whelan Gulliver's Travels will play Theon Greyjoy's Ironborn warrior sister, who will now be called Yara Greyjoy, a show rep confirms.

    Gemma Whelan Joins Game of Thrones 2011

  • Mr. Gulliver's comments come after HSBC posted lackluster first-quarter results Monday due to rising costs, while revenue was flat.

    HSBC Plans Cost Cuts, Review of U.S. Cards Business Fiona Law 2011

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