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  • Awards are meant to boister sales, and, since this removal by the film company is a monetary move, it should not be granted more income by any awards.

    Disney ‘Accidentally’ Removes Closed-Captioning from Up Rental DVDs; Promises to Rectify Screwup | /Film 2009

  • Someone unknowingly clicking on a link and helping boister porn is a little different morally than someone knowingly entering into a deal with racist pornagraphers to supply that link to people.

    Bought and Sold 2006

  • People were making arguments about history that ... well they had like 70-80\% of it down but I had a point I'd want to add that if they said, I thought for sure would boister their argument.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • L I hope, sir, you'll excuse the freedom of thk gentleman 5 his education has been among the boister - ous t'lements, tlie winds and waves.

    Falstaff's Wedding: A Comedy 1797

  • There is a very High boister - ous and cold Norwest Wind, my dear Mother Hull for fear the wind should bear her down, does not put on her Cloak: but wears two Scarvs and so catches cold; however, grows indisposed so that canot eat nor sleep; kept from the Cate - chising and Lecture.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

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  • Not much here to get boisterous about.

    January 11, 2020