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  • Hard: Finishing those last cantakerous edits from those last cantakerous reviewer comments.

    Archive 2006-06-01 ScienceWoman 2006

  • Anyone at all familiar with the cantakerous nature of the United Nations and the almost impossibility to gain concensus therein should kiss Khofi Annan's shoes rather than lump him with the evil corporate fascists that rule the world. .hey an Art Crumb cartoon just appeared in my head ....

    Nobel Hypocrisy 2007

  • We are very honored to welcome Dr. Bill Roy to this posting of the ever cantakerous Flyer!

    On political civility, partisanship and good will. Michael Caddell 2007

  • Also, I am cantakerous and a loner, so this is right up my alley.

    HH Com 588 Miss Snark 2006

  • He even caused me to knock on our ceiling with a spare curtain rail stashed under our bed, in the manner of a cantakerous old maid, on one occasion.

    the snowman upstairs 2005

  • He even caused me to knock on our ceiling with a spare curtain rail stashed under our bed, in the manner of a cantakerous old maid, on one occasion.

    tadpole #2 2005

  • It follows the adventures of the said Master Bluegum, his friends Bill Barnacle the sailor and Sam Sawnoff the penguin bold, and of course the appallingly cantakerous

    languagehat.com: BUNYIP. 2004

  • I'll tell ya what ... the kindly, sweet Uncle Bob is almost out the door and the new, mean, cantakerous Uncle Bob is moving in.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000

  • Olive is cantakerous and abrasive, but also at times compassionate and perceptive - a complex character who is neither a heroine nor a villain.

    A Life In Books Lesley 2010

  • Olive is cantakerous and abrasive, but also at times compassionate and perceptive - a complex character who is neither a heroine nor a villain.

    A Life In Books Lesley 2010

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