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  • The captain in charge of the ship, Tom Horan, has done a great job - from the Telegraph work centre we have dubbed Tom's Cabin.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • My colleagues in the portakabin producing the superb Daily Hayly - dubbed Tom's Cabin after Review and Hayly Editor Tom Horan - were taking the mickey out of my tweet yesterday that a form of unexpected Badger Mania was in play at Hay.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Tom's direct dealing with this whole idea in, for instance, "Nethescurial" and "Vastarien" is maybe the quintessential example.

    Dark Awakenings and Cosmic Horror : The Lovecraft News Network 2010

  • Young-adult YA literature didn't exist when I was in public school, so we read "real" literature starting with Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" when I was in the fifth grade, moving on to William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" and Dante's "Inferno" when I was a senior in high school.

    Young-Adult Literature Need Not Be Dark to Be Read 2011

  • Perhaps Never Let Me Go will turn out to be for clonekind what Uncle Tom's Cabin was for antebellum slaves: the first movie that says, See what these guys go through every day?

    Could Never Let Me Go give human clones a good name? 2011

  • Tom's direct dealing with this whole idea in, for instance, "Nethescurial" and "Vastarien" is maybe the quintessential example.

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

  • In democracies, artists can say what they like, more or less, but the price they pay is attenuated political impact; gone are the days when Uncle Tom's Cabin or The Jungle transformed social attitudes and created different political facts on the ground.

    John Feffer: Art v. State in China John Feffer 2011

  • In democracies, artists can say what they like, more or less, but the price they pay is attenuated political impact; gone are the days when Uncle Tom's Cabin or The Jungle transformed social attitudes and created different political facts on the ground.

    John Feffer: Art v. State in China John Feffer 2011

  • Some placate the zombies with free treats: at Tom's, the Prospect Heights diner where the brunch line stretches down the block, waiters dole out cookies, coffee and orange slices.

    The Brunch Exceptions Anne Kadet 2011

  • Tom's obviously not going to use any closure with which he has concerns, but I'll ask him to jump on here and talk a little more about the closures if he can.

    Heart & Hands Wine Company: Unique Focus (Pinot!) and a Unique Tasting Experience 2009

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