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  • "No one is happy with Sylva's performance in the state, and he knows it," said Wilson Bodise, a former journalist now working in IT.

    Africa Dispatch: A Visit to Nigeria's Nighttime 'Parliament' Will Connors 2010

  • Writer Brian Keene does a great job plotting the issue, filling in the details of Sylva's back story with some clever presentation.

    Comic Break: Dead of Night: Devilslayer #1 Paul 2008

  • Writer Brian Keene does a great job plotting the issue, filling in the details of Sylva's back story with some clever presentation.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Paul 2008

  • But as he looked up to check Sylva's positioning, the veteran allowed Sas 'simple pass to roll under his foot as he tried to control it.

    World Cup Soccer - Turkey vs. Senegal 2002

  • They got one in the 69th when Forlan volleyed a shot from 25 yards that sailed in high over Sylva's head.

    USATODAY.com - World Cup newcomers move on 2002

  • On the humorous "Way Out West on West End Avenue," she's a cross between Cass Daley, Judy Canova and Minnie Pearl, and then replaces Marilyn Monroe's familiar tongue-in-cheek approach to Buddy De Sylva's suggestive lyrics for "Do It Again" with raw animal sex.

    Billy Bob's Mom Has E.S.P. ��� Mary Cleere Haran at the Carlyle 2001

  • He shook his head as he made his way to the _Sylva's_ space-boat blister.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • When the blister air-pressure showed normal and green lights flashed and flashed, Bors got out of the boat and went to the _Sylva's_ control-room.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • She and her father went into the _Sylva's_ space-boat.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • Iris, by this time, was thoroughly frightened, and Hozier, who read more in De Sylva's words than was possible in her case, was watching the speaker's calm face with a fixity that might have disconcerted many men.

    The Stowaway Girl Louis Tracy 1895

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