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  • abbreviation numbers

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  • Sun Tzu begins abruptly in VIII.ss. 2 to enumerate "variations" before touching on "grounds" at all, but only mentions five, namely nos. 7, 5, 8 and 9 of the subsequent list, and one that is not included in it.

    The Art of War 6th cent. B.C. Sunzi

  • Once again, the momentum is clearly with the "nos."

    The Pride of the Irish 2008

  • The poet says nothing as to the making of the "nos."

    The Way of All Flesh Samuel Butler 1868

  • United States, nos. 69 and 299, U.S. Claims Court.

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • Lefkowitz and Fant 1992, nos. 242–46 for epistolary examples, and also the letters of the second-century rhetorician Fronto on his relationship with his wife, Cratia.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • DHRC XIII: 255; 327 and n1 at 336; 411, and Appendix II pp. 592–94 (for nos. 103, 133, 134, 178, 190); also DHRC XIV: 16–18 and 531 (for number 242) on the circulation of the “Federal Farmer.”

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • Her problem: Sakura, in Schoolgirl Sluts nos. 3, 9, 17, and 26 26 had been a huge hit!

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Sources on Lish: “Gordon Lish Interviews Gordon Lish,” Genesis West 3, nos. 1 & 2, rpt.

    Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, “Marital Status and Living Arrangements,” Current Population Reports, Series P-20, nos. 468 and 365, 1992 and 1981, Tables 7 and 6, and “Marital Status and Family Status,” Series P-20, no.

    The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997

  • Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census, “Household and Family Characteristics,” Current Population Reports, Series P-20, nos. 467 and 366, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1992 and 1981, Tables 16 and 21.

    The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997

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