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  • To a character in 1914, the daily arrival of the iceman would be an ordinary event; so if you need a bit of business to dress up a conversation, perhaps you could interrupt their conversation, briefly, by the iceman's arrival.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Victoria Janssen 2009

  • To a character in 1914, the daily arrival of the iceman would be an ordinary event; so if you need a bit of business to dress up a conversation, perhaps you could interrupt their conversation, briefly, by the iceman's arrival.

    Historical Detail in Fiction Victoria Janssen 2009

  • Had bacteria really contaminated the iceman's bones?

    Break No Bones Reichs, Kathy 2006

  • While 4,700 miles away, in Jacksonville, Florida, Louella Mustonen and her daughters, Leane and Onalee (ph), believe they may know the iceman's identity and hold the key to finally unlocking the secrets of this forensic cold case mystery.

    CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2005 2005

  • Exactly what happened to the hunter-gatherer is still unknown, but scientists at the University of Queensland are painfully close to revealing the secret using samples of the iceman's jacket, axe, knife and arrow.

    CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2003 2003

  • - At the end of the movie when maverick lands on the deck after shooting down all the baddies, Slider (iceman's partner) picks maverick up sort of bear hug style.

    The Movie Goofs List Version 2.0 by Murray Chapman 1991

  • THE FIRE DEPARTMENT arrived just as the rain began; steady, hard, and cold as an iceman's tattoo.

    Cyber Way Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • After lunch they sat in Donald's den, and were laughingly suggesting every kind of habitat, possible and impossible, from purchasing and fitting up the iceman's covered wagon and perambulating round the town, to taking a store and increasing their income by purveying Betty's tempting preserves and confections.

    Hepsey Burke

  • For the sun was shining gloriously; Locust Avenue lay wonderfully serene under the sunlight; the iceman's horses were pulling their enormous wagon as if it were not heavy; the big, perspiring iceman whistled as if those huge, dripping blocks were featherweight; and, in like manner, everybody passing along the street seemed contented and happy.

    Missy Dana Gatlin

  • "May I see you again sometime?" he said, ignoring the hat-check girl's ogling and the iceman's cold stare.

    Ptomaine Street Carolyn Wells 1902

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