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They hailed the advent of Tarwater with joy, never tired of listening to his tales of Forty-Nine, and rechristened him Old
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Weary back-trippers would rest their packs on a log or rock alongside of where he rested his, and would say: "Sing us that song of yourn, dad, about Forty-Nine."
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"Gold is where you find it, son, as I should know who was mining before you was born, 'way back in Forty-Nine," was his reply.
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For some reason, the idea that the oil spill needed a daily counter on the news "We're in Day Forty-Nine of the spill..." really annoyed me.
Chris Weigant: My 2010 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2] Chris Weigant 2010
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For some reason, the idea that the oil spill needed a daily counter on the news "We're in Day Forty-Nine of the spill..." really annoyed me.
Chris Weigant: My 2010 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2] Chris Weigant 2010
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Amoungst these books was one of those old thine penguine books that my friend had given me after seeing me hungrily devour Forty-Nine Steps on our last field trip - I had finished my book and several other peoples as my back had gone so had to be stuck in the coach whilst everybody else was crawling over rock faces.
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Which is a shame which must not be allowed to stand - because it is a WONDERFUL film. posted by Tom "Fauntleroy" Novak, who only had a raw egg and a mug of honey for breakfast and says McLintock! has been our Fourth of July pick, "Forty-Nine times in a row ... that must be some kind of a record!"
McLintock! The Sudden Curve's Fourth of July movie pick 2005
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Which is a shame which must not be allowed to stand - because it is a WONDERFUL film. posted by Tom "Fauntleroy" Novak, who only had a raw egg and a mug of honey for breakfast and says McLintock! has been our Fourth of July pick, "Forty-Nine times in a row ... that must be some kind of a record!"
McLintock! The Sudden Curve's Fourth of July movie pick 2005
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Which is a shame which must not be allowed to stand - because it is a WONDERFUL film. posted by Tom "Fauntleroy" Novak, who only had a raw egg and a mug of honey for breakfast and says McLintock! has been our Fourth of July pick, "Forty-Nine times in a row ... that must be some kind of a record!"
The Sudden Curve: 2005
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Chapter Forty-Nine The Mastermind was keeping everything on a tight schedule.
Roses are Red Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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