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  • I remember a punch I drank on Christmas day in '83, or no, it was' 84 -- anyhow, that punch -- it was in Ukiah -- 'TWAS' 83 -- "He wandered on aimlessly, unable to stop his flow of speech, losing himself in details, involving his talk in a hopeless maze of trivialities to which nobody paid any attention.

    The Octopus : A story of California Frank Norris 1886

  • This planning effort is sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and a major international initiative, supported in part from a grant from the Packard Foundation entitled “An International Initiative for Science Technology, and Innovation for Sustainability (ISTS).”

    Contributor: Robert W. Corell 2010

  • She also won the prize in Basic Medical Sciences awarded by TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) in 2003.

    Brazil, Contemporary. 2009

  • My buddy Matt McMichaels had a poster in his bedroom during those dark days, an R. Crumb reprint of Mr. Natural on a tractor surrounded by fields, saying "TWAS EVER THUS!"

    now i know that i'm needed for the symphony 2006

  • My buddy Matt McMichaels had a poster in his bedroom during those dark days, an R. Crumb reprint of Mr. Natural on a tractor surrounded by fields, saying "TWAS EVER THUS!"

    through with buzz 2006

  • [Illustration] 'TWAS dull and gray, the marsh that lay

    Within the Golden Gate A Souvenir of San Francisco Bay Laura Ann Young Pinney

  • 'TWAS June on the face of the earth, June with the rose's breath,

    How the Flag Became Old Glory Emma Look Scott

  • They tell me (you know I'm blind) _'TWAS GRAND-PEÈRE JOFFRE.

    Rhymes of a Red Cross Man 1916

  • Thomas Gray (1716–1771) ’TWAS on a lofty vase’s side,

    On a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes 1909

  • Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) ’TWAS on a Monday morning,

    Charlie Is My Darling 1909

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