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Frona noted that she was very beautiful, and her woman's eye roved over and took in the splendid furs, the make of the gown, and the bead-work of the moccasins which peeped from beneath.
CHAPTER 9 2010
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She sewed moccasins and PARKAS and mittens -- warm, serviceable things, and pleasing to the eye, withal, what of the ornamental hair-tufts and bead-work.
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He said that after 12/31/2009, the bookstore area will be closed and used to do work on the bead-work portion of the collection.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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He said that after 12/31/2009, the bookstore area will be closed and used to do work on the bead-work portion of the collection.
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She singles out for special opprobrium the "bead-work cushions" and "mildewed Landseer prints of foaming, dying animals" that dotted the nation's nurseries.
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She left only a piece of bead-work for her daughter, and went away.
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My grandparents were experts in bead-work and lace making.
Interview: Designer Garo Sparo Burlesque Daily 2008
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My grandparents were experts in bead-work and lace making.
Archive 2008-02-01 Burlesque Daily 2008
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Some were waking, others sleeping, but none were employed, though in several of the camps I saw the materials for baskets and bead-work.
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I bought one of those little bead-work, safety-pin American flags when I was in NYC all through the 9/11 horror, because I thought it was very moving–but I display it on a shelf in my home as a symbol of having been there.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Obama and the Flag Pin: 2007
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