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  • At the same moment "Shames" himself gave a jerk, as if he had received an electric shock, and in a few seconds a large plaice and a small crab were added to the "pile!"

    The Eagle Cliff 1859

  • "Shames," said Captain McPherson, as the party moved away from the lunching-ground, "I wonder if a good thrashin 'like that would make the elephant a better beast afterwards?"

    The Eagle Cliff 1859

  • Still there remained a feeling that, as long as they continued a united party, the spirit of the agreement should not be broken; therefore the skipper and "Shames" let the bottle pass with a sigh, and Quin followed suit with an undertoned remark to Tips that, "he wouldn't have belaved tim'tation to be so strong av he hadn't wrastled wid it!"

    The Eagle Cliff 1859

  • The man known as "Shames," showed signs of an intention to spring to his feet and seize hold of a gun that lay near.

    The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

  • Everyone Else, which had its local premiere at last fall's Birgit Minichmayr), a middling music-industry publicist (for a band called the Shames, no less), take a week to culture their relationship in the petri dish of his parents 'haute-bourgeois, kitsch-stuffed Sardinian villa.

    Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories 2010

  • Everyone Else, which had its local premiere at last fall's Birgit Minichmayr), a middling music-industry publicist (for a band called the Shames, no less), take a week to culture their relationship in the petri dish of his parents 'haute-bourgeois, kitsch-stuffed Sardinian villa.

    Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories 2010

  • Egypt Approves Gaza Freedom March Passage, Viva Palestina Blunders Paperwork and Blames Egypt Lieberman 'Shames' Turkish Ambassador, Torpedoes Israel-Turkish Relations Sonja Karkar - Israel Must be Held to Account for the Misery in Gaza Jamil Mizher - Reject "Negotiations" which serve Israeli Interests

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • "Shames," said Bane as he came near the fortress, "I've cot the peast! come oot, man, an 'fetch a stick wi' you.

    The Big Otter 1859

  • Shames was ahead of the curve; he was one of the first photographers to start a non-profit organization.

    Childhood and Youth The Nag 2009

  • I think it would be pretty hard, even for a brilliant guy like Shames, to separate the innate intelligence of a student population from the pedagogical methods of the school.

    Price Discrimination and Profitability, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

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