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  • The most aggressive Thabeet got was at the end of the first half, getting in Marquise Gray's face after Jeff Adrien and Walton got tangled up under Connecticut's basket.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • The Marquise is said to assist the beggarwoman out of pity; the Marquis is described as oddly horrified when he hears the story about a ghost, although he does not understand why — but rather than rounding out the representation of a situation, these points serve to give us the impression that we are being provided with just enough information to facilitate the most formal of links between sentences.

    Reading, Begging, Paul de Man 2005

  • One of the most imposing figures on the Louisiana State team, Marquise is a player with all the tools necessary to be a dominating defensive lineman at the next level ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Marquise is a powerful pass rusher who simply explodes off the ball ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Soon afterward Louis conferred upon her the title of Marquise de Pompadour, after the name of the manor Pompadour that the king had purchased for her.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • The only difference between my Pompadour and that of Louis is that he has conferred upon her the title of Marquise, while I have conferred upon mine the title Biche.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • The only difference between my Pompadour and that of Louis is that he has conferred upon her the title of Marquise, while I have conferred upon mine the title Biche.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • Soon afterward Louis conferred upon her the title of Marquise de Pompadour, after the name of the manor Pompadour that the king had purchased for her.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • Soon afterward Louis conferred upon her the title of Marquise de Pompadour, after the name of the manor Pompadour that the king had purchased for her.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • The only difference between my Pompadour and that of Louis is that he has conferred upon her the title of Marquise, while I have conferred upon mine the title Biche.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

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