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  • I spent some years on a biography of Muybridge, and though his life and work possess many mysteries, there's nothing unbelievable about the pretty-good images of 1868 that led to the spectacular images of 1872, or to the later experiments.

    Eadweard Muybridge: Feet off the ground 2010

  • The recipe that follows is a pretty-good tasting healthy muffin with a not-bad texture.

    In Search of An Amazing Protein Muffin aka TBTAM 2008

  • Over many, many glasses of wine and beer, a thousand pretty-good jokes added up to a refutation of not only gender stereotypes but also suburban stereotypes.

    The pour relation Hank Stuever 2010

  • With the exception of the pretty-good Superman II and the execrable Superman IV, cinematic Superman has never faced anyone who could give him a run for his money.

    Who Can Save Superman? « the balcony fool 2008

  • We were watching a pretty-good movie Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and I left the last few rows for the next morning so I could cast it off with all my wits about me.

    Rippin' Stupid - And She Knits Too! 2008

  • We were watching a pretty-good movie Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and I left the last few rows for the next morning so I could cast it off with all my wits about me.

    November 2008 2008

  • Cable-ubiquitous actress Gina Gershon showed up again -- as co-star in a pretty-good movie called Picture Claire with Juliette Lewis and Mickey Rourke.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005

  • OS X, even I believe up through this recent release, has a pretty-good emulator of OS 9 bundled with it.

    Tiger and Audacity and Quicktime 2005

  • I learned to weave and turned out a couple of pretty-good- for-a-first- try pillow tops.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Christine Robinson 2007

  • For a long time, I worried that no matter how hard I tried, I would only achieve the status of a pretty-good mother because the best moms — like mine — were those who cooked for their families.

    Serving Up Kisses, Not Feasts 2007

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