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  • I wanted to particularize Levi-Strauss's work in the area, concentrating on Louisiana, a locale resplendent with myth; but one afternoon in late September a colleague at Tulane told me a story he'd heard from a student, a folktale of recent vintage concerning a dweller in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia known as the Willowy Woman.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • Willowy women navigated the cobblestones in vertiginous heels.

    Everything but the Truth Kate Kingsley 2009

  • Jumping Jack hashed multiversal lover searching conflict Willowy Woman's a shrinking violet.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Blue Tyson 2008

  • Jumping Jack hashed multiversal searcher lover conflicted Willowy Woman's a shrinking violet.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Blue Tyson 2008

  • Willowy tall with a big black beard, Henry was easy to spot, but he moved with the speed of a gazelle so he was less easy to catch.

    Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007

  • Willowy starlet Hillary Swank, an Oscar-winner for "Boys Don't Cry," isn't exactly convincing as a boxer (the fight scenes appear to be shown in slightly fast motion to make her look quicker), but her exuberant presence is a delight.

    "Million Dollar Baby" with Spoiler Alert Steve Sailer 2005

  • Willowy, 8-inch-tall mouth-blown lead crystal coupe has been in production by the same German company since 1889.

    Coupe de Glass 2007

  • Willowy starlet Hillary Swank, an Oscar-winner for "Boys Don't Cry," isn't exactly convincing as a boxer the fight scenes appear to be shown in slightly fast motion to make her look quicker, but her exuberant presence is a delight.

    Archive 2005-02-20 Steve Sailer 2005

  • I was, as I've stated, in love with the moment when I came up with the propositions that inspired Rahul, and I had been obsessed with the Willowy Woman.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • He had not taken me seriously, and further, if the Willowy Woman proved to be the same woman who had materialized from the project's smoke, I had no desire to turn her over to the bald eagles at the NSC.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

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