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  • And the 527's don't seem to be going along with the "headman's" wishes either.

    McCain Running Ads Saturday Morning, But Not Debating Friday Night? 2009

  • Kondō was moved by the headman's sentiments, and asked to be his son.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • A village headman's daughter, son, my father whispered through his tears, when I pressed him for details that might assist me in forming a mental picture of her to sustain me in my later years.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo. child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • A village headman's daughter, son, my father whispered through his tears, when I pressed him for details that might assist me in forming a mental picture of her to sustain me in my later years.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Then there was some trouble over the headman's daughter and the rights to the best parcel of land, but of course they would all plot against me, so after I — well, anyway, after that I left and walked all the way to High Haldia.

    Spirit Gate 2006

  • Such courts may range from the headman's court to the court of the paramount chief or king of a particular ethnic group.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • He explained that the elderly illiterate have to rely on the village headman's younger scribe taking down their details.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • The cliffhanger ending, with the Armada approaching even as Sister Bernie faces the headman's axe, made for a long and suspenseful week as Vixites throughout the country waited avidly to find out what would happen next.

    The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002

  • He said Cele first heard of the massacre when people came to tell the local headman, who he was visiting over Christmas, that there had been a massacre at Shobashobane, 10km from the headman's homestead.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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