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  • Here those of you who are parents might want to exercise that ageold method of sheltering children from the real world: as they read this passage, put your hands over their eyes.

    Last Words George Carlin 2009

  • To build the Great Pyramid or the Wall of China or the cathedrals of France, blocks of stone were set one on top of the other in the ageold fashion.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • To build the Great Pyramid or the Wall of China or the cathedrals of France, blocks of stone were set one on top of the other in the ageold fashion.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • He deliberately did not use the time display in his suit, since the thing was ageold and its symbols were a confusing scramble of too much data, unreadable to his untutored mind.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • The Tukar'ramin followed the ageold text, as handed down by the Illuminates: — all strandsharers, near and far, fiat and thin, sorbed and heed.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • It's a time to think of the family traditions, expressions of love, forgiveness, support, and that ageold tradition of exchanging gifts.

    Christmas Luncheon 1987

  • He had to encourage independent thinking in everyone, and to hell with the ageold mating dance.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • He paused now to run his palms over the smooth surface of the Legacies, as if some fragment of ageold vision and wisdom could seep into him.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • This was the ageold posture the Family had adopted while on the move, always ready to jump and move in case of surprise.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • Families traded knowhow, but their ageold tradition was as craftsmen and craftswomen, not as scientists.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

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