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  • I have been a fan of Dinklage since "The Station Agent;" I admire his brilliance as an actor and how he has been able to avoid stereotypical roles for short-statured actors.

    Peter Dinklage's upcoming movie release, 'Penelope' BA Haller 2008

  • The short-statured Mr. Hoghe is an outsider himself, in a dance world that he says can reduce individuals to "design objects."

    A Latecomer's Outsider Artistry 2010

  • In this one, Q has retired and has been replaced by short-statured Asian boys S&M.

    BOND WANTS TO MAKE OUT WITH DUDES 2008

  • Of course, we would be hard-pressed to find someone in an exit poll who voted against McCain because he was 'too short' -- but the study suggests that Americans harbor a subtle form of prejudice called 'heightism,' in which short-statured people are seen as inherently inferior to their taller counterparts - particularly in times of economic and political trouble.

    Trisha Gura: The Short End of the Stick 2009

  • Other important plants in the sagebrush belt are antelope bitterbrush, shadscale, fourwing saltbush, rubber rabbitbrush, spiny hopsage, horsebrush, and short-statured Gambel oak.

    Intermountain Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • We know that these people are generally short-statured.

    CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2009 2009

  • The term dates back to 1865, the height of the "freak show" era, and was generally applied only to short-statured persons who were displayed for public amusement, which is why it is considered so unacceptable today.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Renee 2009

  • The term dates back to 1865, the height of the "freak show" era, and was generally applied only to short-statured persons who were displayed for public amusement, which is why it is considered so unacceptable today.

    It’s Little People Not Midget Renee 2009

  • On the contrary, as the first short-statured candidate in quite some time who, if elected, would become the first U.S.

    Alan Au: At Least John McCain Is Dressing Better For His Stature 2008

  • Subsequently, it's most amusing when a smiling, short-statured man (Rainer Behr) finds himself happily situated between two seated, statuesque women (Anna Wehsarg and Clémentine Deluy) only to have them arise and, in the process, lift him up, matter-of-factly, with his feet dangling ineffectively in the air underneath him.

    A Pina Bausch Visit to the Realm of Dreams 2008

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