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  • In 1998, even before many of the most dramatic extremophile finds were made, a prominent University of Georgia microbiologist named William “Barny” Whitman asserted in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that half or more of the biomass on Earth, the intact cells of creatures, plants, and single-cell organisms, lives thirty feet or more below the surface of the land and four inches or more below the bottom of the oceans.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • It is psychologically denser too, maybe because lonely figures appear in two beautifully executed ballpoint pen drawings; Jessica Drummond in Bed (My reputation, 1946) and Barny (Leon Morin, Priest, 1961).

    Anne Couillaud: Still Life as Landscape : Dawn Clements' New Exhibition at Pierogi's Anne Couillaud 2012

  • Kudos and hats off to Rep. Barny Frank for finally giving the share-a-tooth crowd a taste of it's own tasteless, and boorish medicine.

    First on the Ticker: Bush, Palin aide disputes book claims 2009

  • In 1998, even before many of the most dramatic extremophile finds were made, a prominent University of Georgia microbiologist named William “Barny” Whitman asserted in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that half or more of the biomass on Earth, the intact cells of creatures, plants, and single-cell organisms, lives thirty feet or more below the surface of the land and four inches or more below the bottom of the oceans.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • It is psychologically denser too, maybe because lonely figures appear in two beautifully executed ballpoint pen drawings; Jessica Drummond in Bed (My reputation, 1946) and Barny (Leon Morin, Priest, 1961).

    Anne Couillaud: Still Life as Landscape : Dawn Clements' New Exhibition at Pierogi's Anne Couillaud 2012

  • The Busch admin warned 3 times over 8 yrs that Fannie and Freddie were in trouble and Barny Frank and Chris dodd said that they were using strong arm tactics to stop minorities from getting affortable housing (My source is the NY times).

    White House adviser: Recovery slow but stimulus working 2009

  • I guess he will ask Barny Frank and Chris Dodd to run the agency too. phoenix86

    Obama: 'A sweeping overhaul' 2009

  • And why do we have to refer to Barny Franks as being 'openly gay'???

    Frank slams Obama for 'big mistake' on Defense of Marriage Act (updated) 2009

  • Barny needs to go crawl back into the closet he came out of which will happen in November.

    Barney Frank takes aim at Gingrich, conservative talk show hosts 2010

  • My friend Barny wanted to sit in the emergency exit row for extra leg room.

    That's why they call them airport novels 2010

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