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  • Captain: How often I've considered the emphasis on "moron" in the word Oxymoron!

    Trouble On Wondawowman (Part One) 2009

  • I have written about Marx in my "Oxymoron" article by Theresa Paulfranz on Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009 at 8: 56: 58 PM

    Introducing a New OEN feature: Building Our Community 2009

  • Music "Oxymoron" by Kcentric via www. ccmixter.org

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • That surely has to win the award for "Oxymoron" of the century, not least because of the fact that the words "decent" and "left" should never appear together in the same sentence!

    British Blogs 2009

  • Sir Jeremy Isaacs had interesting things to say about diversity and Public Service Broadcasting at the Belfast Festival, while "Oxymoron" was defined as "a DUP minister for culture" at a conversation hosted by William Crawley between authors David Park and Glenn Patterson.

    planet.journals.ie 2009

  • If we are "a whole bunch of losers lamenting/commenting on a pair of losers" because we care about children being exploited, HMMM (Oh, my goodness) wouldn't that make you a living, breathing "Oxymoron" since you are commenting about us commenting about them.

    Blog updates 2009

  • Colbert Interviews Duke Energy CEO, Says Clean Coal Is "Oxymoron" (VIDEO)

    Bruce Nilles: Dominoes Keep Falling for Clean Coal Coalition 2009

  • Colbert Interviews Duke Energy CEO, Says Clean Coal Is "Oxymoron" (VIDEO)

    William S. Becker: Stovepipe City 2009

  • Colbert Interviews Duke Energy CEO, Says Clean Coal Is "Oxymoron" (VIDEO)

    Daryl Hannah: Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia 2009

  • "Inner Voice" from 1983 and "Oxymoron" from 1987 are recognizable as Rockburne-ian.

    Too Restless for the Rules Richard B. Woodward 2011

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  • an oxymoron = Christian Rock, Jewish Mafia, caring divorce lawyer,

    September 12, 2009