wellspring

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The show's wellspring is the romantic old Broadway of Runyon's lowlife guys and dolls, with their mannered argot and the elaborate politesse that gives gangsters class.

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  • For years the biological sciences have been heralded as a wellspring of new hard sf material, but few writers have managed to handle the concepts at any significant depth. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 03 - March 2000
  • Hard-earned and well-deserved, those sacred two weeks serve as a wellspring of rejuvenation for the next grueling 50 ahead. —  Tri-City Herald: Front
  • This is especially so for discovery-based development companies, companies that require precious cash to continue to serve as the wellspring of the next generation of therapeutics for an array of diseases. —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • The show's wellspring is the romantic old Broadway of Runyon's lowlife guys and dolls, with their mannered argot and the elaborate politesse that gives gangsters class. —  Home | The New York Observer
  • Turkey is now overtaking the United States as the wellspring of creationist agitprop. —  Salon
 

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