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  • The broad-bodied buck toted a dandy 6-point right side, but his left antler was very odd.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • The broad-bodied buck toted a dandy 6-point right side, but his left antler was very odd.

    My "Tilter" Buck Comes Home 2009

  • This was Anna C., a broad-bodied woman from the neighborhood.

    Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007

  • The mere sight of the broad-bodied, limb-deprived alien had been shocking enough, and more than sufficient to instantly confirm the basis for the multitude of rumors that were spreading through the countryside.

    Running from the Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • The mere sight of the broad-bodied, limb-deprived alien had been shocking enough, and more than sufficient to instantly confirm the basis for the multitude of rumors that were spreading through the countryside.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • The mere sight of the broad-bodied, limb-deprived alien had been shocking enough, and more than sufficient to instantly confirm the basis for the multitude of rumors that were spreading through the countryside.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • The mere sight of the broad-bodied, limb-deprived alien had been shocking enough, and more than sufficient to instantly confirm the basis for the multitude of rumors that were spreading through the countryside.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Down in the earth court a man was standing, naked down from the neck; broad-bodied, thick-legged, thatched with black hair on chest and groin and shins, a-straddle before the sacred Labrys.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • The men and women are broad-bodied and coarse-featured, -- quite different from the Dutch, one remarks, -- and they move slowly and with apparent difficulty in their clumsy _sabots_ and heavy clothing.

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • They looked beautiful and unconquerable -- this tall man who could assail all things with his outstretched strength, this broad-bodied woman whom nothing could assail because of her crouching strength.

    The Judge Rebecca West 1937

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