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  • I asked one of the Russian sailors what the river might be, and he said: "Syr Daria," and then pointing to a great wooden stockaded fort on the rising land above the river, he added: "Fort Raim."

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • "And a chit of a girl had to lift you from Fort Raim prison," cries the crone, busy among her pots.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • How often I'd known it, and been terrified by it - in Afghanistan, at Cawnpore with Rowbotham, in the Punjab, under the walls of Fort Raim when I rode against the Russians with old Izzat Kutebar and the Horde of the Blue Wolves, and that lovely witch, Ko Dali's daughter, touching my hand in the dark ...

    Fiancée 2010

  • Fort Raim was built on the Syr Daria (the Jaxartes) in 1847, the year after Russia's first occupation on the Aral coast, and was immediately raided by Yakub Beg.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • His astute comments about 1/2 the Muslim population being regarded as subhuman by Wahhabist theology seems to be of no concern to Raim or most posters on this board.

    Justin Raimondo vs. Christopher Hitchens on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • According to Walter Raim, an old friend of Darin's who arranged and conducted his first folk albums, Bobby saw in folk music a sophistication of some kind … a higher calling.

    Chameleon With a Toupee 2005

  • According to Walter Raim, an old friend of Darin's who arranged and conducted his first folk albums, Bobby saw in folk music a sophistication of some kind … a higher calling.

    Chameleon With a Toupee 2005

  • How often I'd known it, and been terrified by it — in Afghanistan, at Cawnpore with Rowbotham, in the Punjab, under the walls of Fort Raim when I rode against the Russians with old Izzat Kutebar and the Horde of the Blue Wolves, and that lovely witch, Ko Dali's daughter, touching my hand in the dark …

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

  • Asch/Dunson/Raim, p. 92, "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (1 text, 1 tune)

    One Kind Favor Blind Lemon Jefferson 1966

  • Asch/Dunson/Raim, p. 92, "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (1 text, 1 tune)

    One Kind Favor Blind Lemon Jefferson 1966

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