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One of the weirdest things about telling stories for a living is seeing what people make of me from what I write, and how much of it is projection, assumption, or just plain invention.
life was easy when it was boring matociquala 2010
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He became obsessed with his so-called invention. (on camera) Basically just a black case with a handle, a couple of jacks.
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He became obsessed with his so - called invention.
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Incidentally, according to Google, "refujew" occurs only in this poem, so it's presumably Brodsky's portmanteau invention.
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In colouring we seem to have altogether abandoned the idea of invention.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various
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Of the invention of the Holy Cross, and first of this word invention.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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Scene: Daedelus is definitely a name that recalls invention.
Cleveland Scene Michael Gallucci 2010
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... here's my piece on cassoulet: Your own cassoulet can be rich in invention.
As promised ... Frank Wilson 2006
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and which constitute a part of the specification illustrate at least one embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, explain the principles of the invention. is a perspective view of the present invention used to control a Dobsonian type telescope altazimuth rocker box mount. is a perspective view of the azimuth adjusting motor assembly spring loaded mounting plate, spring member, and the v azimuth adjusting motors. is a top sectional view, through section 3 of
FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/01/2010 2010
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Autobiography, by far the more durable tradition, has never been honored for art the way fiction has, presumably because it lacks the requisite property of 'invention.'
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