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  • They were right in the middle of chapter three, which involved a Dodo bird and something called the Lory.

    WILLOWOOD Cecilia Galante 2010

  • They were right in the middle of chapter three, which involved a Dodo bird and something called the Lory.

    WILLOWOOD Cecilia Galante 2010

  • They were right in the middle of chapter three, which involved a Dodo bird and something called the Lory.

    WILLOWOOD Cecilia Galante 2010

  • [Footnote: Lawrence Hyde is always referred to as "Lory" in his father's correspondence.

    Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886

  • Lory Manning, a retired Navy captain who is director of the women in the military project at the Women's Research and Education Institute, said, One of the difficulties has been in the past there weren't enough women in the military to make it worthwhile to go out with separate contracts to get women's clothes made for certain things, so they just wore the men's.

    They're not guys: New gear to fit female soldiers 2011

  • In the summer of 1864, Alice Liddell (Lewis Carroll's inspiration for Alice in Wonderland) and her two sisters, Lorina (who inspired the Lory) and Edith (who inspired the Eaglet), posed for up to 10 hours a day while the distinguished English artist, Sir William Blake Richmond, created one of his most famous paintings, called The Sisters.

    C. M. Rubin: Alice -- In Wales? C. M. Rubin 2012

  • Still, pursuing the old habit, I checked at random a book award in the new issue of Poets & Writers--Lory Bedikian, winner of the 2010 Philip Levine prize from Cal State Fresno--and found out that both she and judge Brian Turner attended the University of Oregon MFA program.

    Anis Shivani: Poetry Book Contests Should be Abolished: Why Contests Are the Stupidest Way to Publish First Books Anis Shivani 2011

  • In the summer of 1864, Alice Liddell (Lewis Carroll's inspiration for Alice in Wonderland) and her two sisters, Lorina (who inspired the Lory) and Edith (who inspired the Eaglet), posed for up to 10 hours a day while the distinguished English artist, Sir William Blake Richmond, created one of his most famous paintings, called The Sisters.

    C. M. Rubin: Alice -- In Wales? C. M. Rubin 2012

  • Still, pursuing the old habit, I checked at random a book award in the new issue of Poets & Writers--Lory Bedikian, winner of the 2010 Philip Levine prize from Cal State Fresno--and found out that both she and judge Brian Turner attended the University of Oregon MFA program.

    Anis Shivani: Poetry Book Contests Should be Abolished: Why Contests Are the Stupidest Way to Publish First Books Anis Shivani 2011

  • Lory Manning, a retired Navy captain who is director of the women in the military project at the Women's Research and Education Institute, said, One of the difficulties has been in the past there weren't enough women in the military to make it worthwhile to go out with separate contracts to get women's clothes made for certain things, so they just wore the men's.

    They're not guys: New gear to fit female soldiers 2011

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