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  • And yet the howls of outrage can be heard from the oak-lined boardrooms of Wall Street to the hypocritical pulpits of right-wing preachers.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Occupy Christmas! RJ 2011

  • And yet the howls of outrage can be heard from the oak-lined boardrooms of Wall Street to the hypocritical pulpits of right-wing preachers.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Occupy Christmas! RJ 2011

  • It was the first home to the St Andrews Citizen newspaper in the 1890s, and features oak-lined walls, stained glass windows and a statue of St Andrew on the side of the building.

    Independent bookshops in Scotland 2011

  • The war arrived at the plantation in 1864, when them damn yankees came down the long oak-lined drive.

    Damn Yankees 2010

  • They passed their piano teacher's street and the high school before turning onto an oak-lined road much like their own.

    Trust Walk Kimberly Ford 2010

  • Perhaps some of you were less than ecstatic when you heard that Bob Diamond, the man who likes to kill a dull Sunday evening by coating himself in melted gold and rolling around in the £100m he keeps in his oak-lined bank vault while laughing richishly, is to become the chief executive of Barclays.

    What could be better than the man who once pocketed a £21m bonus being called Diamond? 2010

  • Perhaps one day, it will be more cost effective to have remote controlled mini-tanks prowling our treasured oak-lined avenues.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2007

  • Perhaps one day, it will be more cost effective to have remote controlled mini-tanks prowling our treasured oak-lined avenues.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • They walked up the oak-lined street of their small prairie town, talking about the daughter's infant son.

    Last Visit to the Toy Store 2009

  • They walked up the oak-lined street of their small prairie town, talking about the daughter's infant son.

    Last Visit to the Toy Store 2009

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