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  • Are there any redeeming qualities to characters such as Simon Gutierez O’Brian in "Blighted Cargo" and the Stoat in "An Unbecoming Grace"?

    Down To A Soundless Sea by Thomas Steinbeck: Questions 2002

  • ‘I shall certainly do so, Captain Gills,’ says Mr Toots, with great earnestness; ‘when we first began to mention such subjects, I explained that I was what you may call a Blighted Flower, you know.’

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • 'I shall certainly do so, Captain Gills,' says Mr Toots, with great earnestness; 'when we first began to mention such subjects, I explained that I was what you may call a Blighted Flower, you know.'

    Dombey and Son Charles Dickens 1841

  • "Blighted" has no meaning then, and that part of the statute is worthless.

    Portland "urban renewal" abuse hits new low (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • New York Intermediate Appellate Court Invalidates Taking of "Blighted" Property for Transfer to Columbia University, but Contradicts Recent State Supreme Court in the Process

    The Volokh Conspiracy 2009

  • Tweets that mention The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » New York Appellate Court Invalidates Taking of "Blighted" Property for Transfer to Columbia University, but Contradicts State Supreme Court in the Process -- Topsy. com

    The Volokh Conspiracy 2009

  • I can see how having a Nice Detroit is better than having a Blighted Detroit.

    Matthew Yglesias » Turning Detroit Around 2009

  • David - You have my sympathy, Fellow Blighted One.

    What Sports Can Tell Us About Storytelling…And What they Can’t at SF Novelists 2009

  • Blighted by infertility, we had started a course of IVF and gone away for the weekend because we would know the outcome that Saturday.

    Restaurant review: Bistro du Vin 2011

  • For your reading pleasure, "Blighted Heart" by Aliette de Bodard (aliettedb) is now live at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

    Writerly crud and stuff marshallpayne1 2009

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