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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

  • 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.

    THE STORY OF JEES UCK 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Noontime Briefs and Outtakes for Thursday 2009

  • She singles out for special opprobrium the "bead-work cushions" and "mildewed Landseer prints of foaming, dying animals" that dotted the nation's nurseries.

    Nestled in the Lap of Luxury 2008

  • She left only a piece of bead-work for her daughter, and went away.

    Mother’s Day: What Mothers Hand Down to Their Families 2006

  • My grandparents were experts in bead-work and lace making.

    Interview: Designer Garo Sparo Burlesque Daily 2008

  • My grandparents were experts in bead-work and lace making.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Burlesque Daily 2008

  • Some were waking, others sleeping, but none were employed, though in several of the camps I saw the materials for baskets and bead-work.

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • 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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