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Nze Mba, also on UPG-Gabon, responds: je tombe des nues, en constatant que chez nous le vol est devenu une institution qu'on ne peut même plus le combatrre.
Global Voices in English » Paris court investigates three African leaders 2009
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"The NCAA is there to regulate college athletic reve nues," he says, "but there's a group of people — many of them in a couple of the conferences with the most economic and political clout — who have a vested interest in maintaining the current system."
Wetzel's Playoff Plan Could Be a Winner Allen Barra 2011
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Matt Roush: Stay tuned, because the Marilyn issue is resolved, at least initially, fairly quickly — although the development of the musical, and both ingénues' place within the show within the show, continues to evolve.
Ask Matt: Smash, Revenge, Awake, Southland, Betty Mania and More 2012
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As two very different ingénues battle it out for the lead, a brassy veteran chorine (Megan Hilty, a true Broadway veteran) and a newbie from Iowa with heart (American Idol's Katharine McPhee), Smash at times evokes Bob Fosse's classic All That Jazz in its gimlet-eyed, gamy yet irrepressibly fabulous and tuneful valentine to the business of show biz.
Monday TV in Review: Smash's Opening Night, Plus House, Castle, and More 2012
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The HFPA has a thing for ingénues and it won't be able to resist Deschanel's quirky magnetism.
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The morning was truly a Parisian affair with cherished French ingénues Virginie Ledoyen and Clemence Poesy in attendance, however even Hollywood starlet Rachel Bilson slipped by and was spotted wide-eyed, snapping photos with a camera, which she promptly hid in her chain-link purse after seeing her French counterparts sans photo apparati.
Nicole Berrie: Chanel Spring/Summer 2011 - Vive La Paix (PHOTOS) Nicole Berrie 2010
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Left unsaid, the fact that the linguist's Spanish consisted of two words: nues and nuestro
Gail Vida Hamburg: Language and Being American in the World 2010
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Je suis sur que vous meme avez du mal a ouvrir les sacs plastiques avec les mains nues sauf quand vous mouillez le bout d'un doigt (je le fais au robinet pas avec ma salive tout de meme) alors imaginez avec des gants en latez dix fois trop grand!!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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More to the point, his theatrical patronage has consisted in large part of underwriting the careers of a succession of theatrical ing-nues, some of whom have actually demonstrated a certain modicum of talent.
The Burglar On The Prowl Block, Lawrence 2004
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The exposure by General Van der Merwe and other security officers answers the question who was and conti - nues to be behind political violence in KwaZulu Natal.
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