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  • But by then, at age 35, he'd emerged from his native Detroit with a dark vision unmistakably his own and a tuned-up voice as angry as it was tender:

    Jan Herman: Philip Levine's Factory Stiffs, Society's Throw-Aways Jan Herman 2011

  • But by then, at age 35, he'd emerged from his native Detroit with a dark vision unmistakably his own and a tuned-up voice as angry as it was tender:

    Jan Herman: Philip Levine's Factory Stiffs, Society's Throw-Aways Jan Herman 2011

  • Only after a dragnet went out and innocent Black men stayed the hell inside their homes lest they be rousted and then “tuned-up” by law enforcement for info — this as the century wound out.

    Miss Ashley and Her Chifferobe...Busted. 2008

  • For dessert, a tuned-up version of a campfire s'more served with ice cream is intended "to evoke the best of summer," said Mr. Telepan.

    Fashionable Mainstay 2010

  • Pincer Movement, Salad Bowl and Crinkle Cut, guarded by uniformed men with guns at their waists, looked over the stable doors and with small quivers in their tuned-up muscles watched other horses go out to the track.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Only after a dragnet went out and innocent Black men stayed the hell inside their homes lest they be rousted and then “tuned-up” by law enforcement for info — this as the century wound out.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Now, the tuned-up search gadget is available to all Blogger users.

    Toolbar, now with advanced translation 2009

  • Now, the tuned-up search gadget is available to all Blogger users.

    Blog search and beyond 2009

  • Now, the tuned-up search gadget is available to all Blogger users.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Prior to each trip we get The Modern List guide tuned-up for optimal performance.

    Build Blog » The Modern List Give-Away 2008

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