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  • The demonstration and the row have soured relations between unionists and nationalists on the city council which in the 1980s was a cockpit of sectarian cat-calling and controversy.

    Anger in Belfast after lord mayor snubs army cadet 2011

  • They don't know who you are, all they do is validate your physical attraction by whistling and cat-calling, thus implying that this is somehow a compliment and you should feel better because they approve of you.

    random thought nathreee 2010

  • Use Delta IVH as CLV, use "Ares IVB" as CaLV (at this point it's politically useless to call 2x4Seg + 4xSSME + 6xRL-10 a Jupiter 246 -- it's close enough to the original Ares V "Classic" it can plausibly be called Ares IV and dodge a lot of cat-calling).

    Congressional Budget Office Report on NASA Released - NASA Watch 2009

  • At some point we need to learn how to converse about issues that affect all of us like adults instead of yelling, shouting, booing, cat-calling, etc ...

    Wilson insists outburst during Obama speech 'spontaneous' 2009

  • The cat-calling started early, because I had B breasts when I was 11 and D when I was 16.

    Hey Baby! nathreee 2009

  • There was cat-calling, there was loud laughter from the wings by Chris Bryant.

    Met Police commissioner agrees to questioning over phone hacking scandal 2011

  • Was the audience jeering at the fact the judges refused to pony up a single "9" for her routine, or were they cat-calling special audience guest Sarah Palin, who was settling in for a front-row chat with Tom Bergeron?

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2010

  • On occasion she retreated to her country estates, but there her rural retirement was disturbed by yobbish gangs hired by Nero to harass her by whistling and cat-calling as they drove or sailed past.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • And we can choose to wear the shortest skirt out there with pride, but our choice will not stop people from cat-calling and victim-blaming lest something happen to us in the aforementioned clothing.

    Let’s Spend More Time Talking About Short Skirts « Gender Across Borders 2010

  • Flashing, cat-calling, harassment -- it all falls into this category of behavior that most people with souls consider inappropriate and a steps short of rape.

    Giulia Rozzi: Nicola Briggs Is My Kinda Gal Giulia Rozzi 2010

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