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  • One of the problems driving the debate, according to Moy, is that science is so esteemed in modern society that everyone wants its stamp of approval for their body of knowledge.

    mjh's blog — 2005 — August 2005

  • Starting on November 10, advertisements announced, the general public would be able to see Afong Moy from the hours of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and then again from 5 until 9. 16

    The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

  • He had been seen at the theatre with people whom he called Moy's friends; now he was seen driving, and, most likely, would have an excuse for that.

    Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

  • He had been seen at the theatre with people whom he called Moy's friends; now he was seen driving, and, most likely, would have an excuse for that.

    Sister Carrie 1900

  • He had been seen at the theatre with people whom he called Moy's friends; now he was seen driving, and, most likely, would have an excuse for that.

    Sister Carrie 1900

  • He had been seen at the theatre with people whom he called Moy’s friends; now he was seen driving, and, most likely, would have an excuse for that.

    Sister Carrie 2004

  • The Moy is a notable salmon river for rod-fishing and its tributaries and the neighbouring lakes contain trout.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

  • They also drove away the clan of O'Flaherty -- owners from time immemorial of the region known as Moy

    The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

  • An inlet from Killala Bay called the Moy runs up to the town.

    The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall 1862

  • In the reaction of self-contempt, and in a curious surge of pride almost as perverse as his humility, O'Moy had adopted her suggestion, and thereafter -- in the past-three months, that is to say -- the unreasonable devil of O'Moy's jealousy had slept, almost forgotten.

    The Snare Rafael Sabatini 1912

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