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Rosalind Russell was born to play the madcap Mame in this story of an eccentric, fast-living society woman of the 1920s determined to “open doors” for her adoring nephew.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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The picture is drawn of a fast-living adventuress obsessed by money and fame.
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010
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Rosalind Russell was born to play the madcap Mame in this story of an eccentric, fast-living society woman of the 1920s determined to “open doors” for her adoring nephew.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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"During his heyday, large pepper grinders were sometimes referred to as 'rubirosas' among the fast-living international set."
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They point to his long history of consorting closely with wealthy, fast-living lobbyists which they say suggests he is distinctly out of touch with an American public still suffering from the impact of the Great Recession.
John Boehner's links to lobbyists could be the chink in his political armour Paul Harris 2010
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Rosalind Russell was born to play the madcap Mame in this story of an eccentric, fast-living society woman of the 1920s determined to “open doors” for her adoring nephew.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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I have known of this term for over 20 years, which would put the first time I knew of it back in junior high, if not before, and for the record, I am not even the most fast-living of people.
Clean-Up on Aisle 12 2010
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Starring Holly Hunter and Laura San Giacomo, this unique drama is about Grace Hanadarko, a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights.
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Especially visible here in the American-inspired, newly-built, fast-living city of Shenzhen.
China vs USA Sun Bin 2008
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The subject of the film, Jean-Dominque Bauby, was a fast-living playboy, the toast of the Paris fashion world, until he suffered a debilitating stroke at the age of 42.
Archive 2007-05-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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