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• The gnu was the very last animal to be named, and when he'd named the gnu, and the field was empty at last of all the assembled beasts except for the dog, who kept bringing Adam a slobbery old stick, wanting him to toss it -- Adam thought, "I could use a day of rest myself." —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
• The build machine is x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, the host machine is i686-pc-linux-gnu and the target is powerpc-linux-gnu —  Planet Gentoo
• I have just transferred my ISAM Mysql database over from mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.22, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386) using readline 4.3 to mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5. 0.51a, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 5.2
• I treated the flesh of the zebra as I had done that of the gnu, although it was not quite so palatable The following day we were seated at our dinner, when, looking out, I saw a troop of zebras trotting by, stopping occasionally to feed, and then again moving on. —  In the Wilds of Africa
• 444.) This supposition is improbable, for the gnu is an animal of Southern Africa, and was doubtless unknown to the Egyptians in the time of Herodotus. —  Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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