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  • I was surprised to learn that "blue lips" wasn't pronounced "boo nips," and chagrined when my precocious friend Walter pointed out that James Monroe hadn't pulled off the Lois-iana Purk-hase.

    Michael Sigman: The Reading of Wonders 2009

  • "At the Gary, Ind [iana], Crisis Center, suicidal callers with economic worries are increasing, and their depression is more severe, says Willie Perry, program coordinator for the hotline."

    Nick Turse: Meltdown Madness: The Human Costs of the Economic Crisis 2009

  • Switch gears from gritty space opera to gritty DnD-iana...

    and now, बेकाउसे it इस just अ writing सैम्पल... 2008

  • Switch gears from gritty space opera to gritty DnD-iana...

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • And then there's this little piece of quintessential Vimes-iana, tucked away in a footnote:

    Archive 2006-01-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006

  • And then there's this little piece of quintessential Vimes-iana, tucked away in a footnote:

    Not With a Bang But With a Thud! or, Whither Discworld Abigail Nussbaum 2006

  • He felt the hilt slam into his palm as Lil-iana swung her sword.

    Stone of Tears Goodkind, Terry 1995

  • A.iana 2080 (M. Lassram, Director; B. Salem, food value and technology use; R.A. M.amouri, triticale improvement)

    Chapter 12 1989

  • In the throes of that cruel disap - pointment, I know I lost my case when I blurted out that I had, after all, been fostered with Sur - iana, Alessan's wife, dead of an unfortunate fall from her wild runnerbeast.

    Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986

  • I had only the details that were made public: Sur - iana had broken her back while riding, and had died without regaining consciousness despite all that the hastily summoned Masterhealer could do.

    Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986

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