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  • Showy blooms of blue columbine, the Colorado state flower, blanketed the ground in the aspen grove.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Showy showers, with multiple shower heads, gleaming hardware and hydro-massage systems; hardwood flooring; and expensive natural stone are still available from bath-product companies.

    Products add value to homes without major reconstruction Sandra Fleishman 2010

  • Showy blooms of blue columbine, the Colorado state flower, blanketed the ground in the aspen grove.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Showy accessories and trendy spectacles are a no-no.

    Dress to Impress, UBS Tells Staff Elena Berton 2010

  • Showy without the necesarry intensity, lines being read as if they are on autocue and a face that seems to be constantly looking for the right emotion.

    THE BURNING ISSUE #2 – Nicole, you’ve got to be kidding me? | Obsessed With Film 2010

  • Showy ladyslipper, Cypripedium reginae, is an example of a unique plant that thrives in fens.

    Fens 2008

  • Showy nod to Blair - maybe to appease the Blairites.

    Brown's speech: live blog 2008

  • Showy nod to Blair - maybe to appease the Blairites.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • It was all a calculated "Showy method" of getting free TV time and proves he is nothing more than a "cheap mercenary person".

    Who Needs CNN? 2008

  • I dreamt last night that I was a reluctant part of some Truman Showy podcasting reality television show, forced to read literature into one of those cellphone hands-free microphones round-the-clock from a text that was projected onto the insides of my eyelids, with the occasional pauses in my reading at chapter breaks to sip coffee or talk to people or, you know, to breathe and stuff.

    The Woman Who Tried To Be Good | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2005

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