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Waist deep in the Big Muddy, the big fool says to push on.
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And then the amazing thing is it doesn't stop there, because Pete Seeger wants to do this new song, which was against President Johnson - I love the way it eats its own tail - and he wants to do "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," which has just come out on a Columbia Records album.
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One of the most flattering and romantic silhouettes on earth, The Empire Waist, looks just as stunning on a pregnant bride, as it does a bombshell figure.
The Aisle New York Launches: Would You Buy Your Wedding Dress Online? (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2011
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(Soundbite of TV show, "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour") (Soundbite of song, "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy") Mr. PETE SEEGER (Singer): (Singing) Well, I'm not going to plant any moral.
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One of the most flattering and romantic silhouettes on earth, The Empire Waist, looks just as stunning on a pregnant bride, as it does a bombshell figure.
The Aisle New York Launches: Would You Buy Your Wedding Dress Online? (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2011
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But there was something about those girls spilling out from the Triangle Waist Factory.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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Waist lines are generally high, sitting around the smallest part of the body, she says.
Project Plus-Size Sarah Nassauer 2011
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Triangle: Remembering the Fire - The harrowing story of the 1911 catastrophic fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City.
Wyatt Closs: Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day Wyatt Closs 2011
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Harris and Blanck had collected hefty insurance payments for fires at Triangle and another of their factories, the Diamond Waist Company, five times in the decade leading up to 1911.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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Ironically, the Triangle Waist Company--one of the biggest factories in the city--had enough power that they did not have to make any deals.
Kate Kelly: New Documentary on Triangle Fire to Air Tonight on HBO Kate Kelly 2011
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