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  • There was in fact more than a fortnight wanting to the expiration of Larry's two months, and Mrs. Masters was strongly of opinion that if Mary were put into a sort of domestic "coventry" during this period, if she were debarred from friendly intercourse with the family and made to feel that such wickedness as hers, if continued, would make her an outcast, then she would come round and accept Larry Twentyman before the end of the time.

    The American Senator

  • Arabs want what they cant have which is our capital. coventry

    Netanyahu: Jerusalem not a settlement but our capital

  • Let's not forget, Toyota employs around 200,000 Americans in the U.S., and considering our economy, we need Toyota to survive. coventry snell

    Questions about possible faulty electronics in Toyotas

  • I have never been so proud of congress today, it feels my heart to know someone cares for me and my family and friends. coventry

    States filing suit, claim health bill is unconstitutional

  • The tea party is nothing but a bunch of screaming nuts, the Republican party is the danger. coventry

    Are the Tea Party protests dangerous for Republicans?

  • And coventry accepted me too even though they were my insurance who were in fact asking for higher grades than Brunel haha!

    abutterfly Diary Entry

  • November 25th, 2008 at 8:17 pm coventry chenango county student ooh she touch my shalala lyrics orendorf air force base northern lights books canal park duluth atomic bomb nagasaki map jonatmanda Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Articles

  • Maybe if everyone blocked the RIAA's IP block, just sent them away into bad netizen coventry, the rest of the net could get on with it.

    Boing Boing: August 18, 2002 - August 24, 2002 Archives

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  • “I eats them,” said Stella, reversing her small cauliflower-like person on the sofa, till only a circle of white rims with a nucleus of coventry frilling, with two pink legs kicking gently upwards, were visible.

    Red Pottage

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  • "Sent to Coventry" = ostracised. Has anyone got any idea about why Coventry is afforded this unhappy connotation? I would send people to places like Stoke-on-Trent or Slough.

    December 27, 2007