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  • Among those laid off completely were artist Dan Sayre Groesbeck, stillman William Mortensen, most of the wardrobe department, cameramen Bert Glennon and Archie Stout, five people who were finishing up the Technicolor work for The Ten Commandments, and Julia Faye.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • The only reason for the closeness of the polls in racism. — joyce stillman

    Obama Claims ‘Wild Bill’ Heritage in a Challenge to McCain - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The stillman carefully chooses the middle cut to produce a whisky of the desired character.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Edward Willett 2006

  • The stillman carefully chooses the middle cut to produce a whisky of the desired character.

    A wee dram o' chemical engineering Edward Willett 2006

  • I always give bad advice about the topic. reply ethan stillman

    Ok, Now I Totally Get Aardvark Michael Arrington 2005

  • It was a gimmick whisky dreamed up by a marketing man rather than a stillman, its hopefully saleable distinction being that it was black.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • Those who lived are cripples to this day, like Thyestes the stillman, with his short leg.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • She seemed armored in the Goddess; so that if she were to tell me my father was Thyestes the lame stillman who brewed her bathscent, or a swineherd from the back hills, it would not touch nor shame her, but only me.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • The stillman keeps close watch, and when the color and appearance of the distillate changes, he turns it off into another tank.

    Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892

  • When the late George "Buddy" Booth started at Pan American in September 1933, he was a stillman helper making 40 cents an hour.

    The Daily News - News 2009

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