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  • Tim is back helping Coach, mainly observing Luke (whom he -- "Threes" -- nicknames "Fours," awesomely) in pain.

    BuddyTV 2010

  • Various and Sundry: Blu Rays, Tech, HDTV, and More » Blog Archive » DVDs in Threes

    DVDs in Threes 2006

  • "Threes" had not migrated up to Valdemar, or Roald would have made certain to mention it.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • "Threes" had not migrated up to Valdemar, or Roald would have made certain to mention it.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • Whether the blood of the "Threes" and "Fours" will endure the sight of the detested hut gradually rising on the farm of the sainted Burke remains to be seen; but it it is doubtful whether the "Boys" will attempt a _coup de main_.

    Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker

  • "Threes," saying "dear Paulina's health required a little change to a milder climate" (it was snowing when I wrote, and the thermometer over the chimneypiece at 9° Reaumur, with windows that wouldn't shut, and a marble floor without carpet) -- "that the balmy air of Italy" (my teeth chattered as I set it down) "would soon restore her; and indeed already she seemed to feel the change."

    Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Charles James Lever 1839

  • “The ideal thing would be Title Threes on Egan’s home phone and on that club.”

    The Big Scam Paul Lindsay 2005

  • Three salmon fishes nimbly counter swimming; but there were other "Threes" connected with Peebles both before and after the doctor's time: "The Three Tales of the Three Priests of

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • All the screeching at Pallas is brought about by the departure of Mr. Sanders, who, escorted by the police till he is safely off, rentless, but undismayed, slips away in the train, leaving the "Threes" and "Fours" to talk the matter over, not unaided by the presence, in the spirit, of all-powerful "John

    Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker

  • Threes regarding the claims and promises a person makes, and the responsibilities he or she has.

    An Interview with Martha Stout 2010

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