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  • Then we wandered off into a long rant on the general treatment of pro se litigants, with nothing to connect the topis to Judge Sotomayor.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Anti-Anti-Sotomayor: 2009

  • Many people had worn Gandhi topis and a politician came and hoisted the flag amid some speeches and singing of ‘Vande Mataram’.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Abodh 2006

  • Many people had worn Gandhi topis and a politician came and hoisted the flag amid some speeches and singing of ‘Vande Mataram’.

    Independence Day in Bombay Abodh 2006

  • Tucker says "We believe this is what a community paper can do better than any other form of media - make a positive impact on their community by informing and promoting about local topis of interest and importance."

    Archive 2006-03-26 Randy Smith 2006

  • The little group of Englishmen stood round the grave, their topis in their hands, sweating into the dark suits that they had dug out from the bottom of their boxes.

    Burmese Days 2002

  • Both were dressed in shabby drill suits, with vast topis beneath which their slender bodies looked like the stalks of toadstools.

    Burmese Days 2002

  • Both doffed their topis with bows and brilliant displays of teeth.

    Burmese Days 2002

  • There is no startling divorce case on the _topis_, and the main portion of the Court

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 Various

  • The Eurasian community, anxious to emphasize their white ancestry, used at that time to wear topis even larger and thicker than those of the British.

    As I Please 1944

  • “Good morning, good morning, put on your topis,” shouted Aziz from farther down the train.

    A Passage To India Forster, E. M. 1924

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