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  • It is these life-stories, accompanied by 277 portraits, which are now published in a single volume - moving forward the boundary of the original 60 volumes into the twenty-first century

    The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2001-2004 2009

  • It is these life-stories, accompanied by 277 portraits, which are now published in a single volume - moving forward the boundary of the original 60 volumes into the twenty-first century

    March 2009 2009

  • However, when Dame Judith Anderson and she sat swapping life-stories across a Santa Barbara dinner-table some forty years later, the celebrated Australian was enraged to find that her own role had been entirely forgotten.

    Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009

  • In contrast, an ethics of care is sensitive to the particular case and circumstances, to the specificity of people's lives and life-stories, and to the needs of concrete rather than generalized others (Benhabib 1987).

    Intersections Between Analytic and Continental Feminism Warnke, Georgia 2008

  • Are they all a function of narrativity, life-stories, and artistic self-expression, or are there holistic facets of life's meaning that are not a matter of such literary concepts?

    The Meaning of Life Metz, Thaddeus 2007

  • To have their difficulties acknowledged and their life-stories listened to was enough for them as it assured them they are not forgotten, and as they work to promote Christian values of respect and love to all, they have support from other Christians outside.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Open Discussion Thread: Israel, Palestine, Criticism, Antisemitism... Finding Balance 2006

  • He loved to listen to other people tell their life-stories, since radio was not around yet.

    BECKY 2003

  • The need to write a number of songs based on working class life-stories, often tailored for particular voices, made him focus anew on both texts and tunes.

    The poet, the worker and the professional 2002

  • In painstaking clinical interviews their life-stories are dissected - their childhood, schooling, employment, accommodation, hobbies, sexuality, relationships and offending sequences are probed over and over again.

    The Jigsaw Man Britton, Paul, 1946- 1997

  • "Amen to that!" said Nicolette and the two of them smiled at one another in perfect accord as they began the tentative exchange of life-stories which new staff working in close quarters together always seemed to do.

    Consultant Care Wirdnam, Sharon 1996

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