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You've got to love the racial subtext, the subtle and insinuating where-the white-women? of it all.
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He said it lazily and strolled to the four-poster, which he surveyed from the canopy to the lace-edged pillows, plump and white where-the sheets lay open in readiness for Janie to climb in.
A Girl Possessed Winspear, Violet 1980
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"Well," replied Oldbuck; "but you must tell me the when -- the where-the how."
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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"Well," replied Oldbuck; "but you must tell me the when -- the where-the how."
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Sometime between the wars probably-it would be a fascinating study to determine with more precision when and where-the moral basis on which most Europeans seek to ground their actions changed from a religious to a political theory.
VQR 2010
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Louis C.K.: Well, I kind of had already hit a good rhythm in my career where-the great thing about stand up is that it saves my life every time I have a failure, or the end of something.
MovieWeb: News 2010
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“Well,” replied Oldbuck; “but you must tell me the when — the where-the how.”
The Antiquary 1584
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