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  • He watches him set the twelve beers on the counter, and then look sad, almost, when your father adds a brown-red rose to the order, laying it on top of the case, smiling, as though his problems are over.

    Around Close Chris Sheehan 2011

  • The stone was a lovely brown-red color, darkened by the rain.

    Following Magic Kathleen Duey 2010

  • Beautiful art glass, amazingly detailed terra cotta, richly brown-red Roman brick -- this bank is a fitting tribute to the creative genius that inspired a new generation of progressive architects.

    Wright & Like 2008 Wrap-Up 2008

  • He's wearing his omnipresent Vancouver Canucks sweatshirt, the front pocket stuffed with hot wheels cars and the 37 cents I paid him this morning for helping me rake sodden brown-red Maple leaves into a moist pile of fragrant decay.

    blog: Downtown East Side 2008

  • He's wearing his omnipresent Vancouver Canucks sweatshirt, the front pocket stuffed with hot wheels cars and the 37 cents I paid him this morning for helping me rake sodden brown-red Maple leaves into a moist pile of fragrant decay.

    blog: November 2008 2008

  • And then when he came to power, Yezhov proved a frenzied killer who arrived at the cabinet table with his cuffs speckled with a brown -- brown-red substance.

    Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (Part 2) 2004

  • On top of the courtyard floor, the team discovered small painted plaster fragments with a geometric decoration in white, brown-red, and purple, indicating that the walls of the courtyard were once plastered with colors complementing its purple floor.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Domestic Area Report 6 2003

  • The palms of the hands and nails were stained with henna, or brown-red, and her feet were naked, with the toe-nails and soles henna-stained.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • The fire rushed in a dusky mass upon the blackened, flickering images, till nothing was to be seen but a confused bush of smoke and brown-red flames, puthering, reeking, roaring.

    The Plumed Serpent 2003

  • There was more promise in a crooked apple tree covered with brown-red fruit.

    The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 2003

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