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Then, Mr. Abadjiev, who had spent his childhood working in a basket-weaving factory, earned the country's first weightlifting medal—a silver—in the Tehran World Championships in 1957.
Heavy Lifting, No Rest, Candy: the Bulgarian Method Hannah Karp 2011
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Perhaps you democrats should mix in an economics class with your pottery and basket-weaving classes.
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Then, Mr. Abadjiev, who had spent his childhood working in a basket-weaving factory, earned the country's first weightlifting medal—a silver—in the Tehran World Championships in 1957.
Heavy Lifting, No Rest, Candy: the Bulgarian Method Hannah Karp 2011
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I think that for them, working for him was like taking a basket-weaving class you weren't interested in taking.
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Instead of expanding his peach farm and adjacent jam and basket-weaving factory, "I'm closing down on Sept. 1," said Hal Hayes of Clanton, Ala.
Alabama Immigrant Law Irks Business Miriam Jordan 2011
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Then, Mr. Abadjiev, who had spent his childhood working in a basket-weaving factory, earned the country's first weightlifting medal—a silver—in the Tehran World Championships in 1957.
Heavy Lifting, No Rest, Candy: the Bulgarian Method Hannah Karp 2011
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As long as bread and circuses keep the rabble from revolting, all is well, but when they actually need some gainful employment, which mining might have supplied, they will need to tone up their basket-weaving skills because mining will not be an option in creating jobs, or perish the thought, a diversified source of foreign earnings.
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I agreed wholeheartedly, and made the point that it didn't matter whether it was law enforcement or pork-farming, politicking or basket-weaving, every industry had its own power-drunk Napoleon who feels six inches taller by throwing around his authority.
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Expected to register and participate in an accredited Shoe-Throwing Anger Management Course where he will learn to sublimate his misguided shoe-chucking urges into wholesome non-violent activities such as basket-weaving, baking, poetry or perhaps even indignant Op-Ed pieces.
Warren Holstein: Top Ten Alternate Punishments for the Iraqi Shoe Thrower 2009
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Looks like those college underwater basket-weaving courses finally paid off.
Where I'm blogging from... Ann Althouse 2009
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