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  • That was the question posed last week at the end of the sensational, drawnout Hollywood style trial of Big Music producer Phil Spector, found guilty of killing actress Lana Clarkson, who was 40 at the time of her death.

    Phil Spector gets 19 years 2009

  • This, of course, was a source of worry, not satisfaction, for the British and French: “They knew their military schedule would be disarranged,” observed one American diplomat later, “if they became entangled in drawnout procedures in New York.”

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • This, of course, was a source of worry, not satisfaction, for the British and French: “They knew their military schedule would be disarranged,” observed one American diplomat later, “if they became entangled in drawnout procedures in New York.”

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • And the count could be rather more complex and drawnout than before, given the increase in postal votes being cast this year.

    General Election: Entrail Research « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2010

  • Forget Matthew M. (I just cannot picture a somewhat normal guy turned mythical character such as GA with a Texas drawnout accent … and I am from Texas).

    New Green Arrow Movie Details Revealed; Still Questionable « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • That was the question posed last week at the end of the sensational, drawnout Hollywood style trial of Big Music producer Phil Spector, found guilty of killing actress Lana Clarkson, who was 40 at the time of her death.

    Phil Spector gets 19 years 2009

  • And in a long, drawnout recession you'd have to think that those numbers are going to move higher -- Tony.

    CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2008 2008

  • But that margin masked what has been a long, drawnout battle to revise the 30-year-old FISA in the wake of 9/11.

    All About Protection 2008

  • Longer and rather more drawnout than it needs to be, but a good account of friendship and loss, freshly narrated with a minimum of stereotypes and some sharply drawn characters.

    Above The Thunder: Summary and book reviews of Above The Thunder by Renée Manfredi. 2004

  • Short stories of course do not tend to have long drawnout conclusions but in this collection the stories tend to stop dead.

    Supertoys Last All Summer Long And Other Stories of Future Time by Brian Aldiss jmnlman 2006

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