elsewhen

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The TAZ is like an uprising which does not engage directly with the State, a guerilla operation which liberates an area (of land, of time, of imagination) and then dissolves itself to re-form elsewhere / elsewhen, before the State can crush it.

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  1. At Another time. We shulde make a dockett of the names of such men of nobylytie here, as we thought mete and convenyent to serve his highnes, in case his graces will were, this preasent yeare, or elles-when, to use ther servyce in any other foreyn countrey. State Papers, III. 552.

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  • But in his mind, there are signals still coming in from elsewhere, from elsewhen, from out there, and if you sit with him quietly, without trying to engage him and without expectation; if you sit with him "where here and now cease to matter" you can sometimes sense where he lives in this his hundredth year. —  Latest Articles
  • (Any more than one, and the duplicate from elsewhere / elsewhen begins to suffer from entropic cascade failure, something which ultimately proves fatal). noir —  WordPress.com News
  • If you haven't read the book at all then, a brief précis: In a traditional fantasy elsewhen, —  Notes From The Geek Show
  • Lymelife opens today in NY only, and elsewhere elsewhen, where —  Thighs Wide Shut
  • Called inside by his mother to join the rest of her boys, David switches on the tv, and the groundwork of this elsewhen begins to be set: we see a news report with a caption telling of the "dedication of a new capitol at Shiloh". —  Notes From The Geek Show
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  1. from Middle English elleswhen; from else + when.
 

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