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• ““compound quartering,” and quarters A, D are _quarters quarterly_, and B is _a quarter quarterly of six_, while C remains unaffected by the secondary process.”

  The Handbook to English Heraldry

• “One of the hilarious if somewhat disgusting themes we've heard from certain quarters is that Obama will win because he's black.”

  Eschaton

• “Using a sharp knife cut each pear into quarters from the top down.”

  Curtis Stone Shares Biggest Loser-Inspired Dessert Recipe

• “In certain quarters, you do hear people saying that there is nothing to celebrate.”

  Voice of America: Nigeria, at 50, Holds Week of Independence Celebrations

• “No one has addressed these questions, no one has taken the long term view, the Empire thinks in quarters of a year, not decades of a century.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Endgame

• “Cut the chayotes in quarters lengthwise, skin, soft white seed and all.”

  What did you do with your Chayote today?

• “You are right, productivity lagged two quarters is a great leading indicatoir.”

  My Favorite Economic Indicator, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “In any case, when I saw post after post going up on the progressive side of the aisle, while at that point nothing had appeared in quarters where one might reasonably have expected it, I found that mildly ironic; so I dropped Collins a line asking the obvious question.”

  Archive 2009-04-01

• “I found that the French franc is also of very similar size and weight - got one in a roll of quarters from the bank no less!”

  The Queen declares, “No chips for you!”

• “It may be a big galaxy, but it was pretty close-quarters from a television standpoint.”

  Revisiting Star Trek [Part 3 of 7]: Deep Space Nine

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