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  • In fact, Holzer's earliest piece on view, Lustmord (1993-1995) was created in reaction to the systematic rape of women during the Bosnian War, its rows of silver-banded ribs and knuckles, scapulas and vertabrae arranged on simple wooden tables in juxtaposition to the surrounding high-tech displays.

    Victoria Lautman: At the Crossroads of Politics and Art, Jenny Holzer is Waiting 2009

  • A magnate of some sort was shut alone in a brougham, in the care of footman and coachman with deeply silver-banded hats; there were a few military and civil riders, and there was distinctly a young man in a dog-cart with a groom, keeping abreast the landau of three ladies in mantillas, with whom he was improving what seemed a chance acquaintance.

    Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

  • Everything else seemed normal: a cell phone; a compact; a key ring with a few keys, plus a rabbit's foot, a small plastic flashlight, and a tiny ballet slipper, all attached to the ring by snap-apart chains; an appointment calendar; an address book; an inexpensive, silver-banded wristwatch; a checkbook; a wallet.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Everything else seemed normal: a cell phone; a compact; a key ring with a few keys, plus a rabbit's foot, a small plastic flashlight, and a tiny ballet slipper, all attached to the ring by snap-apart chains; an appointment calendar; an address book; an inexpensive, silver-banded wristwatch; a checkbook; a wallet.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Frowning, he pointed to Maggie's silver-banded watch.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Frowning, he pointed to Maggie's silver-banded watch.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • But the river had shifted in its wide bed, and ran shallow and stony past the once - rich banks of silver-banded sandy mud.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • Silk stood up less steadily than Remora had, leaning on the silver-banded cane.

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

  • Silk had been leaning on Xiphias's silver-banded cane; he straightened up as he spoke.

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

  • He bounded to the most remote corner of the room and held up the silver-banded cane.

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

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