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  • Single-handed, unadvised, in the teeth of the laughter of Guvutu and of the competition of men like Morgan and Raff, she had gone into the adventure and brought it through to success.

    Chapter 19 2010

  • Single-handed against fivescore, girt by the Arctic winter, far from his own, he felt the prompting of his heritage, the desire to possess, the wild danger -- love, the thrill of battle, the power to conquer or to die.

    The Son of the Wolf 2010

  • Single-handed against fivescore, girt by the Arctic winter, far from his own, he felt the prompting of his heritage, the desire to possess, the wild danger -- love, the thrill of battle, the power to conquer or to die.

    The Sun of the Wolf 2010

  • Single-handed he had carved out his dominion till he gripped the domain of a dozen Roman provinces.

    CHAPTER 5 2010

  • Single-handed against fivescore, girt by the Arctic winter, far from his own, he felt the prompting of his heritage.

    THE PHILOSOPHY OF JACK LONDON 2007

  • Single-handed intervention by us in the affairs of other nations must end; with the cooperation of others we shall have more order in this hemisphere and less dislike.

    The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

  • Single-handed, the skilled thespian not only underscored what good acting is all about, but – in the process – triumphantly stole the film out from under the rest of the high-profile performers.

    Brad Pitt…bad in “Burn”. Coen feature fizzles! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008

  • Single-handed intervention by us in the affairs of other nations must end; with the cooperation of others we shall have more order in this hemisphere and less dislike.

    The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

  • The Team was set up before ISAF changed the Women's Single-handed Class from the Europe to the Laser Radial however, it was decided by all concerned to continue with the new partnership.

    Laura Baldwin changes coaches... 2004

  • Single-handed and alone he had fought his way into the company of kings.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

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