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  • Kernan's second book Turner's Woman is my favorite of hers and you can't miss it cuz I sez so.

    Anthology - A Western Winter Wonderland Nalini Singh 2008

  • Joe Kernan's high school alma mater withdrew an invitation for him to speak at commencement because his stance on abortion conflicts with Roman Catholic teachings.

    05/02/2004 2004

  • "The Eve of St. Agnes" I quote Alvin Kernan's contemptuous depiction of no-fault readers as a group of savages "who have a great deal of difficulty piecing out the broken signs on the printed page" (Reading 91; Kernan 144).

    Fifty-nine Ways of Reading 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' 2003

  • Kernan's work is an elegy for the "single figure, sitting alone, silently reading to himself or herself."

    The Decline and Fall of Literature Delbanco, Andrew 1999

  • Kernan's collection of essays by twelve leading scholars.

    The Decline and Fall of Literature Delbanco, Andrew 1999

  • There is a hint of what he meant in Kernan's charming story about a retirement party for one of the elder Yale eminences he had known only slightly during his graduate years.

    The Decline and Fall of Literature Delbanco, Andrew 1999

  • It's a political battle that could get very ugly, and its outcome could prove pivotal in Kernan's expected run for governor in 2004.

    Kernan, Joseph E. 1972

  • Kernan's political services to his country covered a wide range.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • And then, as Kernan's ready finger kept the button and the waiter working, his weak point -- a tremendous vanity and arrogant egotism, began to show itself.

    The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million O. Henry 1886

  • Kernan's side then landed two more delightful efforts as Concannon (0-02) and the excellent Sice gave them a four point cushion and though Brogan responded, sufficient damage had been inflicted as the Dubs fell to their second successive league defeat.

    RTÉ News 2010

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