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  • And "But you're telling me that you chose Jane and I to lead Roanoake was because ...."

    Archive 2007-08-26 Bill Crider 2007

  • In this one, Perry and Sagan are asked to head up a new colony on a planet called Roanoake.

    The Last Colony -- John Scalzi Bill Crider 2007

  • In this one, Perry and Sagan are asked to head up a new colony on a planet called Roanoake.

    Archive 2007-08-26 Bill Crider 2007

  • And "But you're telling me that you chose Jane and I to lead Roanoake was because ...."

    The Last Colony -- John Scalzi Bill Crider 2007

  • Bern may have better Roanoake name-recognition, but I think he comes across to a lot of people as an opportunistic Johnny-Come-Lately.

    Waldo Jaquith - Al Weed’s Ewert mailer. 2006

  • Now next hour, Barack Obama is holding a rally in Roanoake, Virginia.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2008 2008

  • SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, hi Betty, and I'm actually getting the latest on my blackberry here from the White House official who is giving the latest saying FBI agents based out of Roanoake are on the scene, as well, the evidence response support team from the Richmond FBI office as well as ATF on the scene.

    CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007 2007

  • SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, hi Betty, and I'm actually getting the latest on my blackberry here from the White House official who is giving the latest saying FBI agents based out of Roanoake are on the scene, as well, the evidence response support team from the Richmond FBI office as well as ATF on the scene.

    CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007 2007

  • Lane remained with a company of a hundred men at Roanoake; Grenville accomplished a characteristic feat of arms against a Spaniard on his way home.

    England under the Tudors

  • The Merrimac now turned her attention to the Congress, which was left to fight the battle alone, as the Minnesota had got aground, and the Roanoake and St. Lawrence could not approach near enough to render them assistance from their draught of water.

    With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867

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