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  • I wanted so much to tell Captain Torkelson this myself, but the best I can do now is to pass the bracelet on to his family.

    Letters From those that wear the bracelets - Vol. 1 1998

  • Bob Torkelson , president and chief operating officer of Napa-based Trinchero Estates, where White Zinfandel first appeared under the Sutter Home label, doesn't see Moscato as White Zin's successor, though his company produces plenty of both four million cases of White Zinfandel and about three million cases of Moscato, some sourced from Chile, he says.

    Why You'll Be Drinking Moscato This Year Lettie Teague 2012

  • Mr. Torkelson, despite his rather dour wine-cooler analogy, had an optimistic, if rather corporate, view: "Right now there are probably a million people sitting around conference tables trying to figure out how to get a piece of the Moscato market."

    Why You'll Be Drinking Moscato This Year Lettie Teague 2012

  • "The Moscato movement feels more like the wine-cooler movement to me," said Mr. Torkelson.

    Why You'll Be Drinking Moscato This Year Lettie Teague 2012

  • Torkelson is looking at areas like the Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers, White House officials say, "" to make doubly sure we're more conscientious about what's going on. ''

    'Management Problems' 2008

  • Mr. Torkelson had assigned seating, and Trixie had been placed in the first row—something she had hated for the first three months of the school year and now was supremely grateful for, because it meant she could stare at the board and not have to see Jason or anyone else out of the corner of her eye.

    The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006

  • She could hear the girl in the back of the class scratching out a secret note to her friend across the aisle, Torkelson clasping his hands together, and worst of all, that broken connection as Jason closed his eyes.

    The Tenth Circle Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2006

  • She could hear the girl in the back of the class scratching out a secret note to her friend across the aisle, Torkelson clasping his hands together, and worst of all, that broken connection as Jason closed his eyes.

    The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006

  • Mr. Torkelson walked in, slammed the door, and came to the front of the classroom.

    The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006

  • “Think Mrs. Torkelson had any idea what was going on above her?”

    Blood Hollow William Kent Krueger 2004

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