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  • It is thought that almost 500 activists are being held in Ela rison in Be'er Sheva and up to 50 have already been deported.

    Israel flotilla attack: Briton injured 2010

  • I'd simply gone to the British Telecom online directory, keyed in the name and Edinburgh address and found there was an S.M. M.rison living there.

    The Magyar Venus Hamilton, Lyn 2004

  • Muted shades of charcoal-gray and wood-brown bare walls were hung with huge black-and-white photographs of Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, an achingly young Marlon Brando in his role in The Wild One, a ferocious Jim Mor - rison onstage in full leather regalia, clutching a microphone,

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

  • She had followed Gar-rison/Schroeder's gaze-and behind her own special sunglasses her golden eyes had gone very wide.

    Psychosphere Lumley, Brian 1984

  • Brian Lumley rison has paid for his rooms in advance, and the money is non-returnable, and so" "

    Psychosphere Lumley, Brian 1984

  • PSYCHOSPHERE rison straining to bring the rushing descent to a halt, straining to use powers seemingly defunct in him, of which he had once been master.

    Psychosphere Lumley, Brian 1984

  • If the gar - rison of that stronghold came or went, it was by sea, and not on the surface of that sea.

    Web Of The Witch World Norton, Andre 1964

  • "It will be an inter - r - resting compar - r - rison, " he bellowed.

    Best Detective Stories Hare, Cyril, 1900-1958 1959

  • Glancing through a cleft I caught sight again of the far end of the bridge; noted among the clustered figures of its gar-rison of the frog-men a movement, a flashing of green fire like marshlights on spear tips; wondered idly what it was, and then, other thoughts crowding in, followed along, head bent, behind the pair who had found in what was Olaf's hell, their true paradise.

    The Moon Pool 1919

  • Jan Brewer are latecomers to the politics of Arizona's immigration porn and p rison profits.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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