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  • So, really, if a guy knew his world history pretty well, he would see and know more about WWI than he could even know from surveilance; which is the blackbird's primary function.

    This is the stuff teh interwebs are made of... wendigomountain 2009

  • The program began with Thierry de Mey's "Musique de Tables," a gem from 1987 that demanded perfect coordination among three gifted percussionists, all tapping, scratching and banging on tables specially constructed by eighth blackbird's Matthew Duvall.

    What Six Blackbirds Hatched 2009

  • I'd like to see a redwing blackbird's breath in the air with my very own eyes but this will do for now.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Poetry Friday: Breathing Through Change tanita davis 2008

  • I remember a friend of mine known locally as Digger John - or Ginger John, until he lost his hair finding a blackbird's nest under the bonnet of his digger when he was working on my farm.

    Robin's nest. Glyn Davies 2007

  • One bird hits the shoulder of a woman walking on the ice beneath London bridge, and leaves a bruise "as dark and rich as a blackbird's wing."

    Review of The Frozen Thames, by Helen Humphreys 2007

  • One bird hits the shoulder of a woman walking on the ice beneath London bridge, and leaves a bruise "as dark and rich as a blackbird's wing."

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • I remember a friend of mine known locally as Digger John - or Ginger John, until he lost his hair finding a blackbird's nest under the bonnet of his digger when he was working on my farm.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • At nine, it put on a cute black outfit, short skirt and a clinging buckyball top that shimmered shifting rainbows like a blackbird's wing.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • The beauty of the sisters, Leslie was the image of her mother, slender-framed, big eyes with lashes as long and dark as a blackbird's wings.

    Cruel Deception Olsen, Gregg 1995

  • He heard a blackbird's song, the hum and creak of insects, then-lifted above them, sweeter by far-the sound of Tommy's piping.

    Greenmantle De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1985

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