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  • "Tacked" on to the rear of our remaining ten airplane formation, I still had to determine a destination - England or Switzerland.

    Friedrichshafen - March 18, 1944 1944

  • Tacked on the wall, between the signal locker and the billiard rules, was the code itself, by which he verified the signal before making answer.

    Chapter 3 2010

  • Tacked to the fridge was a picture of the President under which it said, “Would you buy a used car from this man?”

    Still Life, With Girl Brittany Newmark 2011

  • Tacked on at the very bottom of the list was my own demand: that the administration re-evaluate its draconian position vis-à-vis library hours and extend closing time from 10 p.m. to midnight.

    We Can't Always Get What They Want Joe Queenan 2011

  • Tacked to the fridge was a picture of the President under which it said, “Would you buy a used car from this man?”

    Still Life, With Girl Brittany Newmark 2011

  • Tacked over the bed between an African mask and a length of embroidered cloth from Syria was a poster.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

  • Tacked up with pushpins and duct tape, the butcher paper was covered with hundreds of Post-it notes bearing carefully lettered descriptions, and linking the notes were lines depicting an overall flow from left to right.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Tacked up next to the mine identification charts were statistics and details of how soldiers had lost hands, arms, and legs scavenging for souvenirs around Bagram—the same people who liked playing with the local critters.

    A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

  • Tacked to the wall next to the image was a small poster of a Rococo painting, Watteau's "Gilles," which Scott later explained was source material for the tightrope walker.

    John Seed: Los Angeles Artist F. Scott Hess Walks the Tightrope 2010

  • Tacked all around us on the walls are old issues of the Trumpet of the Swan.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

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