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  • Ah, you've got a good one there in Perpetuity Blues.

    ApolloCon 2008 Trip Report 2008

  • Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments.

    Abraham Lincoln; His Life and Its Lessons 1865

  • Perpetuity is implied if not expressed in the fundamental law of all national Governments.

    President Lincoln's Inaugural Address 1861

  • Location: Art in Perpetuity Gallery, 6 Creekside, London SE8 4SA

    Perpetuum Mobile 2008

  • The villains - two Christians, a Muslim and a Jew - are members of an ultraconservative cult called Perpetuity, determined to suppress anything that would shake the foundations of fundamentalism.

    NYT > Home Page By LOUISA THOMAS 2010

  • Perpetuity was yesterday, there's been no change to Social Security, ergo the FERS system results in a bleak tomorrow.

    No Money Equals a Bleak Tomorrow 2011

  • Barrett is known in the science fiction and fantasy world for works such as Through Darkest America, Dawn's Uncertain Light and Prince of Christler-Coke, and a number of outstanding short story collections such as Perpetuity Blues, Slightly Off Center and A Different Vintage.

    Neal Barrett, Jr. Named 2010 SFWA Author Emeritus 2010

  • In addition, a recently published Aspen Institute study on foundation spend down, Is Time of the Essence: Being Strategic in Spending Down -- or Choosing Perpetuity in Endowments, confirms the growing interest in giving while living or "spend down" among high net worth donors.

    Stepping Up To The Lifetime Giving Challenge 2010

  • In addition, Lincoln asserted in his Inaugural Address that "Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments."

    Craig Symonds: Did South Carolina have a Constitutional right to secede? Craig Symonds 2010

  • I was mostly able to control my insatiable appetite for books in the dealer's room, though I did walk away from the Edge Books table with two books: Neal Barret, Jr. 's Golden Gryphon collection, Perpetuity Blues, and the shared-world anthology Liavek edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull.

    ApolloCon 2008 Trip Report 2008

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