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  • The baby constantly cried, and Ramsey was broke and desperate when she called Slape in June

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Marian Svinth, Ph.D., and Gene Slape, dear friends, whose encouragement and skills kept either the computer or me working.

    Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006

  • On the left were three tiny formalized sketches -- a telegraph-pole, an upright telephone, and a railway engine of the Stephenson period, stocky and high-funnelled -- followed respectively by the words, "Great Yettingford," "Buntisley 3," and "Slape Junction."

    Mrs. Miniver 1939

  • Wade was gone with Monmouth, but he came upon Captain Slape, who had a company of scythes and musketeers incorporated in the Duke's own regiment, and to him Wilding gasped out the news and his request for

    Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • Time was lost -- and never was time more precious -- in convincing Slape that this was no old wife's tale.

    Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • 'Slape until you wake, my son,' says I. 'Judy will give us breakfast at eight.'

    The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

  • 'Slape,' said Mulvaney, 'is a shuparfluous necessity.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • 'Slape,' said Mulvaney, 'is a shuparfluous necessity.

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Slape pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of child-selling and was sentenced to serve one month in a work-release program.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Slape called his ex-wife, Tina Anderson of Eastern Washington, whom he described as an excellent mother, to see if she could help.

    The Seattle Times 2010

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