reeds

Little Ellie and her swan's nest among the reeds is a familiar illustration.

Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution 1898

The other side has provided no positive evidence that torture is effective, has provided a few thin reeds of rebuttal to the argument that it is counterproductive, and has met the intrinsically-wrong argument with cries of “moralism”.

Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate 2010

I especially like the ones that remind us that flexibility, bending like reeds, is better than being stiff an unforgiving.

Blockbusters and the Tao Te Ching « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

I'll never forget the look on my mother's face as sat at the kitchen table and sliced up spare reeds from a trojan condom using her sewing scissors, one of several given my by Mr. Truelove for that purpose!

At one time I figured to have shot about 70 turkeys. 2009

I'll never forget the look on my mother's face as sat at the kitchen table and sliced up spare reeds from a trojan condom using her sewing scissors, one of several given my by Mr. Truelove for that purpose!

At one time I figured to have shot about 70 turkeys. 2009

NYT article hints at some thin reeds of agreement between Democrats and Republicans on health care:

Matthew Yglesias » You Can’t Do Anything Without Money 2010

While I can't say I'm 100% behind him on the emotional level, as a practical matter of law he's right; to overturn the referendum on the thin reeds that the opponents made in their case before the court would have made a mockery of both the court and the process, and all it would have done is dragged it through another series of purgatory-inducing suits and trials.

Hollywood Ending 2009

BAGHDAD (AP) Gunmen hiding in reeds in a Sunni town south of Baghdad killed seven Shiite pilgrims Sunday as they were marching to a shrine in the capital for a major holiday, officials said.

Gunmen in Iraq kill 7 Shiite pilgrims on way to shrine 2008

You may not rip reeds from the walls of the hangar to beat and shoo-off smaller children (both because it ruins the aesthetic appearance of my home and it makes the children cry); 2: You may not stare at me for more than 5 minutes without saying anything.

Archive 2005-12-01 Zach Center 2005

You may not rip reeds from the walls of the hangar to beat and shoo-off smaller children (both because it ruins the aesthetic appearance of my home and it makes the children cry); 2: You may not stare at me for more than 5 minutes without saying anything.

Gettin Goin: The Life of a Celebrity Zach Center 2005