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  • Riana Dumain is a fully trained Sybil, a warrior priestess battling evil whose practical magic keeps her grounded in earthly science – and desires.

    “Bound by Shadow” by Anna Windsor Doug Knipe 2008

  • Shakespeare, as Sir Sidney Lee says, gives Mayenne as "Dumain," --

    Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878

  • Henri of Navarre), and add to them "Dumain," that is, the Duc de

    Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878

  • Creed is at their side, but the Dumain sisters, especially Riana even though she is falling in love with the half human, have doubts he is on their side.

    Bound by Shadow-Anna Windsor « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

  • In New York, the three Sybil Dumain sisters Riana, Cynda and Merilee are shocked when they meet Occult Crimes Unit police detective Creed Lowell, as he is different; not quite fully human yet not any other known species.

    Bound by Shadow-Anna Windsor « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

  • His 15-year-old son has talked about applying to West Point, making Dumain especially aware of the ramifications the president's new strategy may have not only on the geopolitical landscape, but on his own hometown.

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009 2009

  • His 15-year-old son has talked about applying to West Point, making Dumain especially aware of the ramifications the president's new strategy may have not only on the geopolitical landscape, but on his own hometown.

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009 2009

  • (On camera): On December 28, 2006, Shavers was with his wife and two kids, driving in their car here on Dumain (ph) Street.

    CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2007 2007

  • Even had the poem been meant for singing, which it was not, for Dumain reads it, the quantity would be false, though the ear might more easily excuse it.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

  • You shall demand of him, whether one Captain Dumain be i’ the camp, a Frenchman; what his reputation is with the duke; what his valour, honesty, and expertness in wars; or whether he thinks it were not possible, with well-weighing sums of gold, to corrupt him to a revolt.

    Act IV. Scene III. All’s Well that Ends Well 1914

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