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  • He applauded her adventurousness in bypassing the flown-in American chow available at the Red Cross canteen to join him in these forbidden feasts, in which they binged on steamed dumplings, crisp duck, mixed green vegetables, and succulent baby frog legs swimming in sweet-and-sour sauce.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • He applauded her adventurousness in bypassing the flown-in American chow available at the Red Cross canteen to join him in these forbidden feasts, in which they binged on steamed dumplings, crisp duck, mixed green vegetables, and succulent baby frog legs swimming in sweet-and-sour sauce.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • For many city dwellers -- dependent as they are on flown-in supermarket produce or temporary farmers 'markets -- fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables feel like ...

    Chicago Bureaucracy Biggest Roadblock In New Green Initiatives 2010

  • For many city dwellers -- dependent as they are on flown-in supermarket produce or temporary farmers 'markets -- fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables feel like an unaffordable luxury.

    Chicago Bureaucracy Biggest Roadblock In New Green Initiatives 2010

  • According to at least one florist, Charles Kremp of Kremp Florists in Philadelphia, Nell's work has enabled florists to offer people flown-in flowers that are of better quality and last longer than the ones that used to be grown and sold in the same general location.

    Archive 2006-02-12 Edward Willett 2006

  • According to at least one florist, Charles Kremp of Kremp Florists in Philadelphia, Nell's work has enabled florists to offer people flown-in flowers that are of better quality and last longer than the ones that used to be grown and sold in the same general location.

    Flower power Edward Willett 2006

  • CBS told us they retain one regular camera crew and use local or flown-in reporters "depending on the story."

    Shame on NBC News. Ann Althouse 2007

  • Today, you can have pretty much any kind of food overnighted or ordered in, so we arranged for a mix of cuisines, flown-in treats and local specialties, making an exception to our usual policy against culinary commingling as Emerson sorta said, “Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”.

    The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005

  • Today, you can have pretty much any kind of food overnighted or ordered in, so we arranged for a mix of cuisines, flown-in treats and local specialties, making an exception to our usual policy against culinary commingling as Emerson sorta said, “Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”.

    The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005

  • He's be sacked and the flown-in stand-by pilot used.

    The Lake Berryessa 1979

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