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  • Anglos, Germans, Romans, Japanese, Mongols, Persians, Zulus, Aztecs and practically everyone else has envisioned themselves as the "Master Race" or the "Possessors of the Heavens" and used the world to act their narcissistic follies.

    The Strongest Drug Steven Barnes 2010

  • Read that again: "Possessors of lands sold them and brought the prices of the things that were sold ... and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need."

    Cynthia Boaz: What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America." 2009

  • Aline not only continued to work as a journalist during her marriage to Saarinen, she also won a Guggenheim fellowship and published a book about art collectors, The Proud Possessors, that became a bestseller.

    The Purpose-Driven Wife 2009

  • In addition, in 1958, she wrote The Proud Possessors, a best-selling book that dealt with American art collectors.

    Aline Saarinen. 2009

  • A Touch of the Poet is one of only two plays which survive from O'Neill's projected 11-play cycle, "A Tale of Possessors Self-Possessed," in which the playwright intended to trace the materialistic corruption masquerading as the American dream.

    A Touch of the Poet 2005

  • A Touch of the Poet is one of only two plays which survive from O'Neill's projected 11-play cycle, "A Tale of Possessors Self-Possessed," in which the playwright intended to trace the materialistic corruption masquerading as the American dream.

    Yale Press Log: 2005

  • Villa – Franca, the Possessors of which treated her with marked affection.

    The Monk 2004

  • Inhabitants and Possessors, who hold them of no Lord, but the King of

    John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

  • Lawyers, or any other honorable or Lucrative offices or officers, never to affect Wit upon laced Wastecoats or large Estates or their [Professors [Possessors?]?], never to shew my own Importance or Superiority, by remarking the Foibles, Vices, or Inferiority of others.

    John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756 1961

  • Possessors of such a thumb are generous, adaptable to others, extravagant, and impetuous in their actions and decisions.

    Palmistry for All Cheiro

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