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  • "Don't give me another 'man-who' story," they often say, as in "Once I knew a man who..."

    Second Thoughts About Stats vs. Personal Experience, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • But he also shows the entrepreneur evolving "from shop-culture artisan to corporate manufacturer," the absentee family man-who made ne'er-do-well son Tom Jr. change his name-and the quixotic chaser of failed dreams.

    Wizard Of Menlo Park 2008

  • He had been arrested with other rebellious Templers for treason, but Saladin had decided that any young man-who looked as much like his very own long-lost brother, Assad, as this particular Templer did-need not be executed.

    Why we all Need to Read "Nathan der Weise" from Lessing and Discuss it with our Islamic Friends 2007

  • And as if to prove how well Stone knew his uncle, Madison watched as the front door of the huge ranch house swung open and a bear of a man-who looked to stand at least six-five'stepped out onto the wraparound porch.

    Stone Cold Surrender Jackson, Brenda 2004

  • Nor did the third man-who felt, perhaps, that a message from one already branded as a traitor would do his cause with Aksel no good.

    Exile's Honor Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Nor did the third man-who felt, perhaps, that a message from one already branded as a traitor would do his cause with Aksel no good.

    Exile's Honor Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Of course, they hadn't known she had been well into teenage love with the boy-the man-who had betrayed them all.

    Gage Butler's Reckoning Davis, Justine 1998

  • "No, you will not smell our tannery, ladies," the man-who Tarma figured must be Master Lenne'repeated.

    Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

  • Lyricist Tony Asher was an ad man-who better understands teenagers?

    Pet Sounds : It's Not Rock 'n' Roll, But We Like It 1997

  • He was all for the primitive man-who lived in the tropics and the primeval forests of the soul.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

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