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My mom was in a conference for work a while back, which involved three days of non stop group pow-wows, ranting sessions and international who's whoing with barely a bathroom pause and definitely no chance to sneak out for a lunch break.
Archive 2009-09-01 Sarah 2009
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These days (I'm ashamed to admit), you are more likely to find me trying to weasel out of the family pow-wows filled with food, wine and cheer.
Archive 2009-10-01 Sarah 2009
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These days (I'm ashamed to admit), you are more likely to find me trying to weasel out of the family pow-wows filled with food, wine and cheer.
Saying Thanks Sarah 2009
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I feel that something must be done to stop the neglect of stock, crops, gardens, and home interests caused by these dances or by celebrations, pow-wows, and gatherings of any kind that take the time of the Indians for many days.
why yes, it's a day that ends in 'y' so i'm going to talk about cultural appropriation. newspaper_rock 2009
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, is to female empowerment pow-wows what the Women's Forum Global Meeting in Deauville is to professional women.
Highlights From Maria Shriver's The Women's Conference Kris Ruby 2010
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My mom was in a conference for work a while back, which involved three days of non stop group pow-wows, ranting sessions and international who's whoing with barely a bathroom pause and definitely no chance to sneak out for a lunch break.
Envy Sarah 2009
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Professor Ramachandran gave only a tip of the very large iceberg in his presentation last week to a group of 200 gathered in Durbar Hall, where maharanas and maharajas once met for major pow-wows and which is now part of HRH's century-old Fateh Prakash Palace Hotel beside Lake Pichola in Udaipur.
Perry Garfinkel: The Raja's Rules: Timeless Continuity Tips from the World's Oldest Family Business 2010
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I never spilled the beans on those late night pow-wows you've been having with Anita Bryant.
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Carole McDonnell 8:03 pm: Many Christians are against them because they dance their pow-wows or they say for instance that God spoke to their ancestors through the owl spirit
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Some of these visits have been to rub shoulders at diplomatic pow-wows with regional or global top brass en masse.
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