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  • Uncle Remus Tales, by Harris, in _Uncle Remus and the Little

    A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready

  • A phone call to the house from Touma's uncle reveals the truth that Urara was quite sloppily keeping from him; rather than occasionally dropping in at home between business trips whilst Touma was asleep or out, Uncle had been away the entire time, and had in fact not wanted Touma to be living alone with his precious little girl.

    Comments for Azure Flame 2009

  • A phone call to the house from Touma's uncle reveals the truth that Urara was quite sloppily keeping from him; rather than occasionally dropping in at home between business trips whilst Touma was asleep or out, Uncle had been away the entire time, and had in fact not wanted Touma to be living alone with his precious little girl.

    Comments for Azure Flame 2009

  • A phone call to the house from Touma's uncle reveals the truth that Urara was quite sloppily keeping from him; rather than occasionally dropping in at home between business trips whilst Touma was asleep or out, Uncle had been away the entire time, and had in fact not wanted Touma to be living alone with his precious little girl.

    Comments for Azure Flame 2009

  • The term 'Uncle Tom' was an ignorant term, but that is how we felt.

    From the Fab Five to the Three Rs Stephen Moore 2011

  • Miller, a black conservative, describes the meaning of the term Uncle Tom as "a boot-licking apologist for white people, someone used by white people who is subservient to their whims and desires."

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Paradoxically, the phrase "Uncle Tom" is known today as an epithet for spineless collaboration with white oppression, the antithesis of the morally heroic character for whom Stowe named her novel.

    The Novel That Changed America Fergus M. Bordewich 2011

  • "I would describe him as someone who loves his country, but also disappointed in the system that's running this country," said Johnson, who goes by the nickname "Uncle Boom" and was a sergeant in the U.S. Army.

    NYDN Rss 2012

  • The Company operates 435 self storage facilities in 25 states under the name "Uncle Bob's Self Storage"

    unknown title 2012

  • And in this area, Mr. Kishun, who emigrated from Guyana in the 1980s, won the nickname Uncle Jerry as a term of genial respect.

    NYT > Home Page By COREY KILGANNON 2011

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