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  • Lydia Holly, the talented girl from the slum dwellings known as the Shacks, is rescued from the domestic dead-end of caring for her younger siblings not by Burton's efforts, but by Mr Holly's remarriage, which frees Lydia to return to school.

    Winifred Holtby's South Riding 2011

  • Shacks, which is a close cousin of storage lockers.

    CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2009 2009

  • JS: Tell me about your most recent collaboration, which I understand is included in a show of artist's "Shacks" at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art. SB: Actually, Elyse is doing a shack and I'm collaborating with her and assisting her.

    John Seed: Don't Fear These Oil Rigs: They are Just Works of Art 2010

  • "A few months ago I was sitting in the stand, 'Shacks' (Jason Shackell, now back at Norwich on loan) was here as well and I wasn't even getting on the coach for away games - I was training on a Saturday with the young lads.

    Express & Star 2009

  • There also was Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, described in court documents as a New England boss, charged with extorting protection money from the Satin Doll strip club in ProvidenceFBI Assistant Director Janice Fedarcyk said the mass arrests "made a serious dent" in organized crime's leadership and strength.

    Feds nab nearly 130 in Mafia crackdown 2011

  • Next up, a city funded "Shekels for Shacks" program in which owners of "wasteful" homes in Alameda, Irvington, Lake Oswego, the West Hills and other blighted areas can receive cash incentives to move into LEED certified condos in the Pearl and SoWhat.

    Ain't nobody home (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • In 2009 he self-published from his basement his own hand-illustrated ode to tiny dwellings: Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts.

    Kirsten Dirksen: WATCH: A Man With 5 Tiny Homes in His Backyard: Micro-Architecture as Punk Rock Kirsten Dirksen 2011

  • Shacks - September 8, 2009 added by Sleepwalker | Images mcs+ to rate

    Shacks | My[confined]Space 2009

  • Another former boss, 83-year-old Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, is locked up awaiting trial on charges he extorted thousands of dollars from strip clubs in Providence, Rhode Island.

    Bulger's arrest marks sunset of Mob era 2011

  • So 70% of Radio Shacks carried Sprint and the rest carried what the government told them to.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Technocratic Standard-Setting Urge 2009

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