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  • I guess my point is that I kind of agree with Opies comment that trade networks global and domestic will be revitalised rather than collapsing.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Post Wave economies. 2009

  • P. HARRIS: We were fishing Opies this year about 70 fathoms.

    CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2009 2009

  • So all you Macgyvers, dog owners, Andys and Opies, travelers, anyone bearing car keys or toothpicks, and those wearing pockets [?] stay away!

    Current Comedy 1/19/09: Hello Private Citizen George Bush 2009

  • All the fairy tales Grimm, Anderson, etc, and you wouldn't go wrong reading the works of the Opies.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Editorial Anonymous 2008

  • All the fairy tales Grimm, Anderson, etc, and you wouldn't go wrong reading the works of the Opies.

    Enormous Can of Worms (Can Opener Included!) Editorial Anonymous 2008

  • The Opies had this to say about playground rhymes: Try to analyze the sound of children at play: the thin screaming noise can be heard from several streets away.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear, do a trick-- Roger Sutton 2006

  • When I first encountered the Opies' groundbreaking work, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, it was an epiphany for me as I suddenly became aware of the expanse and significance of this vibrant and stable subculture.

    Game as Cultural Form, Play as Disposition 2008

  • They run into some old friends, including one who claims to have bought all five of the Opies that Diane was interested in.

    Stalking Art 2007

  • It's heartening to see that this genre of folklore, a lot of it spontaneous and funny parody of media-sourced material, is as alive now as it was when the Opies studied it half a century ago.

    Modern schoolyard folklore online Ray Girvan 2004

  • It's heartening to see that this genre of folklore, a lot of it spontaneous and funny parody of media-sourced material, is as alive now as it was when the Opies studied it half a century ago.

    Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004

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