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  • (But if he had had his way, I might be having kittens by now.) \par (No, because he would have made sure the Linyaari race sprang from your loins, so you would have only been your own multigreat-grandmother.) \par (And that's better?) \par They pulled forth the plas skins of sap and stared at them, wondering how they would fight a planetful of Khleevi.

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  • The addiction model to support it is on a solid foundation -- while the leap arguing in favor of a planetful of addicts spiraling downward into a “mass bottom-hitting” is arguably supported by simply observing addictive behaviors in our neighbors, especially those in positions of power and responsibility.

    The Structural Nuts and Bolts of The Great Leveling, Revisited 2009

  • The addiction model to support it is on a solid foundation -- while the leap arguing in favor of a planetful of addicts spiraling downward into a “mass bottom-hitting” is arguably supported by simply observing addictive behaviors in our neighbors, especially those in positions of power and responsibility.

    The Structural Nuts and Bolts of The Great Leveling, Revisited 2009

  • Utopia the administration presents the most elaborately detailed schemes of any proposed alteration in law or custom, some time before any measure is taken to carry it into effect, and the possibilities of every detail are acutely criticised, flaws anticipated, side issues raised, and the whole minutely tested and fined down by a planetful of critics, before the actual process of legislation begins.

    A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006

  • My dear, you can have a planetful of relatives in the Federation.

    Pawns and Symbols Majliss Larson 2000

  • “A planetful of anarchists—” Chandra began, and chopped off her words.

    Infiltrator W.R. Thompson 1996

  • Stole a planetful of valuable resources out from under the noses of the Ferengi, as I recall.

    FORTUNE’S LIGHT MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 1991

  • How could a planetful of diverse nonhumans be closely governed by Terra, and why should it be?

    A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974

  • If it is, its inhabitants may fight, and fight like a planetful of madmen, to stay out of our frame of influence.

    A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953

  • If it is, its inhabitants may fight, and fight like a planetful of madmen, to stay out of our frame of influence.

    A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953

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