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This publicity photo for the original 1992 production of Mmm, included in a swanky new book on Clark from Violette Editions, shows the dancer and choreographer nude but for arm-length bear gloves.
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Steve had pasted maps and legends to anchor the dining room wall, up to the ceiling, and a selection of his own weather photography at arm-length intervals displayed above the sprawling windows.
Bear Circuit Jesse Crockett 2011
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Steve had maps and legends taken from National Geographic magazine and the local survey office anchoring the massive dining room wall, up to the ceiling, and some of his own weather photography at arm-length intervals displayed above the sprawling windows.
Bear Circuit Jesse Crockett 2011
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I knew they had reached their wits 'end when they started soaking my arm for half an hour each day in a deep, arm-length cylindrical tank filled with a pungent-smelling concoction of boiled cloves and tea.
A Body Divided, 5 2010
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I took the arm-length weapon and swung it experimentally; it was surprisingly heavy, the blade sharp but pitted and worn, as though it had been put to serious work.
Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010
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I took the arm-length weapon and swung it experimentally; it was surprisingly heavy, the blade sharp but pitted and worn, as though it had been put to serious work.
Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010
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Wearing thigh-high latex boots, a short black rubber dress with a zip-up front, and matching arm-length gloves, she held a black whip and struck a threatening pose.
Pure Paradise Allison Hobbs 2009
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Warne showed off a brand new arm-length tattoo and asked the reporters at the same press conference if they liked his new body art, and then surprised everybody by rolling down the fake tattoo sleeve and pulled it from his arm.
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Discarded arm-length bots were strewn over the floor with power cables snaking round them.
The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007
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They wish each other happy new year and she sits down next to him, with a letter for her in his pocket half an arm-length away.
justinker Diary Entry justinker 2005
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