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  • Alta Durant, for example, would write in her 1940 "Gab" column in Daily Variety that the "entrance of Vivien Leigh on the arm of David O. Selznick into the lobby of the Ambassador last night was a signal for near riot."

    Academy Bashes, 1929 to Now Friend, David 2005

  • I know what Gab Bearse -- Much obliged for that name, Jed; 'Gab's' the best name on earth for that critter -- I know what Gab came in here to talk about.

    Shavings Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • Seems lak I kin hyeah ol 'Gab'iel lay his trumpet down an' say,

    The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • "I sometimes call him Heliogabalus," said the doctor; "but he is generally known by the name of Gab, which is a more convenient appellation for ordinary use.

    The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • Whereas Gab might wait too long to act, he might act too soon.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » SVT’s Review Forum 2009

  • Cho Gab-je, his friend and a prominent journalist, said the precise cause wasn't immediately known.

    Top North Korean Defector Has Died Evan Ramstad 2010

  • But the Gift of Gab scored more than twice as many goals as anyone else on the team — Vinny Prospal and Brandon Dubinsky tied for second with 20 apiece.

    NY Rangers Team Report 2010

  • Although bassist Gab Bowler and his brother, drummer Etienne Bowler, have been playing with Warren for a couple of years, the group recently reformed under its current moniker, along with the keyboard player Matt Porter, releasing a self titled EP in October.

    Dan Alford: Review: Emily Warren & The Betters at Webster Hall Dan Alford 2011

  • The premise of this offbeat memoir is the decision by Ben Howe and his wife, Gab, to repay her mother, Kay, for all the sacrifices she has made by buying a market for her to manage, as she had once done in her native Korea.

    3 books on New York City neighborhoods 2011

  • The premise of this offbeat memoir is the decision by Ben Howe and his wife, Gab, to repay her mother, Kay, for all the sacrifices she has made by buying a market for her to manage, as she had once done in her native Korea.

    3 books on New York City neighborhoods 2011

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