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The 71-year-old actor was born Peter Bourne, but he was self-christened Bette (pronouncing it a la Miss Davis, not Miss Midler) once he wholeheartedly embraced his gay identity.
Theater review: 'On the Fringe: Eye on Edinburgh' at the Kennedy Center Nelson Pressley 2010
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There was Alpha, the self-christened retrofeminist, which as far as Laura could tell meant that she gave a lot of speeches about how modern women had been driven so far from the home they no longer felt comfortable inside it.
The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006
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There was Alpha, the self-christened retrofeminist, which as far as Laura could tell meant that she gave a lot of speeches about how modern women had been driven so far from the home they no longer felt comfortable inside it.
The Tenth Circle Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2006
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He found the self-christened Mr. Smith waiting for him rather impatiently.
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The tension ratchets up another notch when a wild-eyed Gael García Bernal arrives as a self-christened "King" and takes control of the hospital's food supply.
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The tension ratchets up another notch when a wild-eyed Gael García Bernal arrives as a self-christened "King" and takes control of the hospital's food supply.
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The self-christened Culture Warrior (not to be confused with an actual "enlisting in the military" warrior) wrote that "When I examine the other side, the Bush-haters and far-left zealots, I compare them to Tony Snow.
Sick��: O'Reilly Uses His "Friend's" Sickness For Political Attack 2007
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