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  • * “Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language; and

    ALA's Top Challenged Books of 2005 fusenumber8 2006

  • PS – Chris Conly, how does one listen to your music?

    Journalism Ethics 2005

  • KH quotes Conly: “But no one has the right to insist that a relationship cause no pain, & no one can claim to have been coerced just because the prospect of pain changes behavior.”

    Empowering Women Or Blaming The Victim 2006

  • "A growing number of women in Africa don't want any more children," Conly said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • 'Aw right,' says Conly, 'awsk him to cam in eah to me.'

    The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • Conly, his trusted, discreet cashier, was at his desk, and the office was dimly lit with a single electric bulb.

    The Spirit of Sweetwater Hamlin Garland 1900

  • The historic existence of Connla seems also to be authenticated by the reference to him as Conly, the eldest son of Conn, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise.

    Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

  • Mr. Dinsmore having first seen Ben, and found him more than willing to go with the children of the master he had loved as his own soul, went to the library, looked over the papers, and had just found the information he sought, when the sound of horses 'hoofs on the avenue drew his attention, and glancing from the window he saw the Roselands carriage drive up with his sister, Mr.. Conly, inside.

    Grandmother Elsie Martha Finley 1868

  • A merry, lively scene followed, mutual congratulations were exchanged, jests and badinage and spirited retorts were indulged in, and in the midst of it all there were other arrivals; Walter returned bringing with him the two Dinsmores and the Conly brothers and their wives; they were told the news, and the captain noticed that Chester cast a longing glance at Lulu, then turned with an entreating, appealing one to him.

    Elsie at the World's Fair Martha Finley 1868

  • A few weeks later Calhoun Conly went North for his bride.

    Elsie at the World's Fair Martha Finley 1868

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