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  • In addition it owns a grove of redwoods in Sonoma county, where "highjinks" are staged every midsummer.

    Fascinating San Francisco Andrew Y. Wood

  • Now that may be because I joined just before the Christmas highjinks and everyone is now back at work.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » One week. 24 000 words. 2010

  • I've blogged before about the highjinks of OC Transpo's baby cops here in Ottawa.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • It's always great to listen to Ellroy because amid all the carrying on and the highjinks, he is a man of sensitivity and intelligence.

    Men without hats: James Ellroy and Eddie Muller on "Crime Wave" Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • I've read three books about eccentric family highjinks on the Yorkshire coast (Hilary McKay's Porridge Hall books), three books that are addendums to well-known fantasy series (Philip Pullman's Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North and J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beadle the Bard), and two books about alchemical space travel in the Victorian period (Philip Reeve's Larklight and Starcross).

    Dream Theories Kiki 2009

  • Misconduct such as the sexual highjinks of Mayor V. don't matter.

    Happy Birthday Michael Trujillo 2009

  • So, when will we know if Goldman's stellar quarter actually represents some end to the crisis — at least for the world's most-storied bank — or just more of Wall Street's too-familiar accounting highjinks?

    Don’t Touch the Money 2009

  • Therefore, instead of repudiating Monty and Floyd, he remains silent when Floyd includes him in the homophobic highjinks, with a nudge and a whispered, We're set, buddy.

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

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  • I've read three books about eccentric family highjinks on the Yorkshire coast (Hilary McKay's Porridge Hall books), three books that are addendums to well-known fantasy series (Philip Pullman's Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North and J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beadle the Bard), and two books about alchemical space travel in the Victorian period (Philip Reeve's Larklight and Starcross).

    Archive 2009-01-01 Kiki 2009

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