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  • So how could Goldman write a book about China called Sowing the Seeds of Democracy and dedicate it to her four children 'who may someday see democracy flower in China'?

    The Old Man's New China Link, Perry 1994

  • Leonard Woolfs volume of autobiography entitled Sowing contains the following mole-lore: "Lytton nicknamed him [E.M. Forster] the Taupe, partly because of his faint physical resemblance to a mole, but principally because he seemed intellectually and emotionally to travel underground and every now and again pop up unexpectedly with some subtle observation or delicate quip which somehow or other he had found in the depths of the earth or of his own soul."

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3 1980

  • Sowing suspicionJana Kobzova, Belarus expert for the European Council on Foreign Relations, sees great skepticism on the Belarus Internet.

    Analysts: Belarus Moves From Authoritarian to Totalitarian 2011

  • Sowing of summer crops such as rice, oilseeds, sugarcane and pulses starts with the arrival of the seasonal rains.

    India Grain Export Prospects Fade Biman Mukherji 2011

  • Sowing suspicionJana Kobzova, Belarus expert for the European Council on Foreign Relations, sees great skepticism on the Belarus Internet.

    Analysts: Belarus Moves From Authoritarian to Totalitarian 2011

  • Mistake #1: Sowing panic in an attempt to get a bill passed.

    Matthew Yglesias » Righting the Course 2009

  • Sowing pandemonium and forcing Greece to default will, according to Greek Stalinists' analysis, bring the revolution nearer.

    Athens Descends Into Anarchy Takis Michas 2011

  • Sowing of most summer crops, including staples such as rice, oilseeds and types of pulses, starts with the onset of the monsoon.

    Pre-Monsoon Rains to Lash Kerala Biman Mukherji 2011

  • Sowing discord among senior Libyan commanders still loyal to Col.

    Libya Rebels Move on Gadhafi Hometown Sam Dagher 2011

  • Sowing of wheat usually starts end-October and the crop is harvested from end-March or early April.

    India Wheat Crop Unaffected By Storm Biman Mukherji 2012

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