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  • Newt Gingrich pulled off a sensational victory in the Republican presidential race on Saturday by taking the South Carolina primary, wrecking the carefully-laid plans of Mitt Romney and setting the stage for a protracted contest.

    Newt Gingrich ruins Romney's night with decisive victory in South Carolina 2012

  • In the middle of the week a second snowstorm left more than a foot of snow on the region, putting an end to our carefully-laid plans for lots of schools visits.

    Delaware Museum Opening James Gurney 2010

  • But both the dim-witted President George W. Bush and the intelligent President Barack Obama fell right into Osama's carefully-laid trap.

    Eric Margolis: Why Osama Is Winning 2010

  • But the motion controls throw a monkey wrench into this carefully-laid plan.

    Game Consoles’ Motion Controls Promote Dangerous Movement | Manolith 2010

  • However, tonight—tonight all Mrs. CVJ's carefully-laid plans will go awry, as she will be captured, in more than one way, by a last-minute fill-in date for one of the Junior Social Chairs—one Special Agent Robert Kerrigidan.

    "What's the Story?" week, part 5 - A Dress A Day 2009

  • Adrian: I've actually completed at least a draft of the new few books, and have a fairly detailed plot structure for the rest, but there's no guarantee that my carefully-laid plans won't get thrown by fresh ideas, or by logical consequences of events that I've already written about.

    Interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky (Interviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2009

  • However, tonight—tonight all Mrs. CVJ's carefully-laid plans will go awry, as she will be captured, in more than one way, by a last-minute fill-in date for one of the Junior Social Chairs—one Special Agent Robert Kerrigidan.

    March 2009 2009

  • As the Democrats continue to jockey for power and privilege they find the voters to be less than compliant with their carefully-laid plans.

    THE GOLDWATER GIRL AND OTHER CHANGELINGS 2008

  • Stories are in part just those relationships, in part the brick-built bridges and expressways, like a monorail that leads the reader through the Lego city, around the sculptures, in a carefully-laid out path from A to B to C.

    The Fanfiction Kerfuffle Hal Duncan 2006

  • Stories are in part just those relationships, in part the brick-built bridges and expressways, like a monorail that leads the reader through the Lego city, around the sculptures, in a carefully-laid out path from A to B to C.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Hal Duncan 2006

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