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  • Haughtily replying that he was not a bookkeeper, he began laying plans for Madero's overthrow.

    Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008

  • Haughtily replying that he was not a bookkeeper, he began laying plans for Madero's overthrow.

    Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008

  • Haughtily replying that he was not a bookkeeper, he began laying plans for Madero's overthrow.

    Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008

  • Haughtily dismissing calls for a recount, he proclaimed Yanukovych the clear winner -- and warned against Western "interference."

    PUTIN TRIPS UP 2007

  • Haughtily, she batted the manuscript aside, laughing as twenty years of my life scattered on an evil wind.

    Archive 2006-04-02 Miss Snark 2006

  • Haughtily presenting his card (which, she could see, had lamentably failed to produce an effect), he demanded to speak to Simmonds, with whom he had important business.

    The Way Home 2003

  • Haughtily Lucullus refused to work with a Roman he considered not legally appointed.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • Haughtily the child offered the grimy glass the waiter had slapped down.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • Haughtily the child offered the grimy glass the waiter had slapped down.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • Haughtily proud of her origin, pointing to her birthplace -- the Plaza -- in its shabby, tumbled-down setting as the birthplace of the city.

    Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles James H. Richardson

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