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So in answer to Blue Ruffian's opening question: This is not an "anti-scarcity campaign."

Dr. Judith Rich: 5 Keys to a 'New' Abundance for Lean Times 2010

Blue Ruffian's response was typical of several readers:

Dr. Judith Rich: 5 Keys to a 'New' Abundance for Lean Times 2010

Ever since the point d'esprit body stockings came down the runway at Ruffian's Fall '09 show, I've been dying to add a pair of polka dot hosiery to my wardrobe.

Lauren and Suzanne McGrath: Trendspotter: Swiss Dot Stockings 2009

Ever since the point d'esprit body stockings came down the runway at Ruffian's Fall '09 show, I've been dying to add a pair of polka dot hosiery to my wardrobe.

Lauren and Suzanne McGrath: Trendspotter: Swiss Dot Stockings 2009

Ever since the point d'esprit body stockings came down the runway at Ruffian's Fall '09 show, I've been dying to add a pair of polka dot hosiery to my wardrobe.

Lauren and Suzanne McGrath: Trendspotter: Swiss Dot Stockings 2009

Ruffian's a close second, because I would wear absolutely everything, and I loved Chris Benz 'Margot Tennenbaum outfits.

Jacqueline Colette Prosper: You're So Pretty When You are Faithful to Me: Fashion Week 2008

Smithfield -- still a waste field, full of puddles in wet weather, -- was in those days full of buckler duels, every Sunday and holiday in the dry season; and was called Ruffian's Rig, or some such name.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

"Roy's Wife" was originally written to an old tune called the "Ruffian's Rant," but this melody is now known by the name of its favourite words.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Some spark of shame there might perchance be in the Ruffian's Breast that forbade him to gaze upon the man he had pardoned and enfranchised, and had now traitorously Kidnapped.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

On Wednesday morning, the young blogger sprinting alongside me to Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times Ruffian's designers mingled lace with plaid and capped their look with upswept, "Big Love" hair.

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