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"Good," he said, and turned around to go--except one of the guys I was sitting with had left his drink lying beneath his seat, and the glass had fallen over, and it spilled a little, and the seepage from the spill crept amoeba-like along the pontoons of the sun-chair and coated the deck's surface in a creepy Kool-Aid-looking goo.
Zac Hill: Being Cool With Having Stuff: At-Least-Potentially Guilt-Free Super Bowl Cruising Zac Hill 2011
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Lloyd's discovery of the "death bacillus" of the sea toad, and his experiments on it with potassium cyanide, sent his name and that of his university ringing round the world; nor was Paul a whit behind when he succeeded in producing laboratory colloids exhibiting amoeba-like activities, and when he cast new light upon the processes of fertilization through his startling experiments with simple sodium chlorides and magnesium solutions on low forms of marine life.
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The colorful and willfully deviant ceramic sculptures in this exhibition refer to excavated landscapes, ancient architecture, and amoeba-like forms while at the same time remaining defiantly abstract.
Bill Bush: Memento Mori: This Artweek.LA (January 23, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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The colorful and willfully deviant ceramic sculptures in this exhibition refer to excavated landscapes, ancient architecture, and amoeba-like forms while at the same time remaining defiantly abstract.
Bill Bush: Memento Mori: This Artweek.LA (January 23, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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The initial beauty and effectiveness of OWS was its non-hierarchical, amoeba-like incarnation.
Richard Brodsky: The Bust at OWS: "Don't Mourn For Me, Organize" Richard Brodsky 2011
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The colorful and willfully deviant ceramic sculptures in this exhibition refer to excavated landscapes, ancient architecture, and amoeba-like forms while at the same time remaining defiantly abstract.
Bill Bush: Memento Mori: This Artweek.LA (January 23, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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The initial beauty and effectiveness of OWS was its non-hierarchical, amoeba-like incarnation.
Richard Brodsky: The Bust at OWS: "Don't Mourn For Me, Organize" Richard Brodsky 2011
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The initial beauty and effectiveness of OWS was its non-hierarchical, amoeba-like incarnation.
Richard Brodsky: The Bust at OWS: "Don't Mourn For Me, Organize" Richard Brodsky 2011
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Thirst for power has led political leaders to gerrymander voting districts into amoeba-like shapes that encompass mainly voters of one party, ensuring that the ruling class gets itself re-elected in numbers reminiscent of the Supreme Soviet.
US debt crisis: 'Only bourbon and bonhomie can save us now' | Keith Koffler 2011
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The initial beauty and effectiveness of OWS was its non-hierarchical, amoeba-like incarnation.
Richard Brodsky: The Bust at OWS: "Don't Mourn For Me, Organize" Richard Brodsky 2011
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