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  • They describe dystopian dioramas, Liliputian stage sets that feature figures in situations that equate to plastic equivalents of James Thurber's New Yorker cartoons.

    James Scarborough: PHOTOS: 'Paint Tube People' Use Every Part Of The Paint Tube James Scarborough 2011

  • They describe dystopian dioramas, Liliputian stage sets that feature figures in situations that equate to plastic equivalents of James Thurber's New Yorker cartoons.

    James Scarborough: PHOTOS: 'Paint Tube People' Use Every Part Of The Paint Tube James Scarborough 2011

  • Only in the land of the Liliputian-brained do "seat-belt extensions that could be used as weapons" make one suspicious!

    Gingrich: Six Muslim Scholars Should Have Been "Prosecuted" 2009

  • Cable WAS given an easy ride in that interview, and in previous ones, along the lines of "tell me, O Great One, from your Olympian Heights, what your wisdom is on those other two Liliputian parties and their faults".

    SAINT VINCE 2009

  • You mean the Liliputian victory that wiped out Hillary's net gain from Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island?

    Obama Wins Wyoming, Networks Say 2009

  • The ruts formed by their carriage-wheels on the ascent — a pair of Liliputian canals — were as shining bars of gold, tapering to nothing in the distance.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

  • With a proper recognition of existing climatic surroundings there would be an overwhelming demand for more fish food; for something better than the present Liliputian supply; and for the creation of extensive deep-sea fisheries.

    The Art of Living in Australia 2004

  • It is one of the most detestable habits of a Liliputian mind to credit other people with its own malignant pettiness.

    Father Goriot 2003

  • She addressed herself, on the contrary, altogether to her Liliputian white lap-dog, Snow, and played with his silken ears; and chatted with him as ladies will.

    Wylder's Hand 2003

  • The engineers and inspectors, in the discharge of their duties, make use of the Liliputian carriages.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Various

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