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  • Richard Hoppe on The Panda's Thumb and Ed Brayton on Dispatches from the Culture Wars direct us to an article in the Seattle Times about Bob Davidson, a retired nephrology professor and a devout Christian, who had his name taken...

    400 (minus 1) - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • How long ago was the above picture of John McCain taken.

    McCain buying Michigan, Pennsylvania airtime 2008

  • Let the locals handle it—they probably would do as good a job—but this case was federal, army paymaster robbed, several buffalo soldiers shot and wounded, and more than a hundred thousand dollars in gold coin taken.

    Deuces Wild Dusty Richards 2004

  • No. This series can never reach 4 inches, since, however many terms we take, we are always short of 4 inches by an amount equal to the last term taken.

    A Tangled Tale 2003

  • He wanted to call his site the Lumpkin Party Tea Party but found that name taken.

    ajc.com - News 2010

  • And that's the picture tormenting my mind: the face of self-delusion inconsolable, the dawn of recognition they have themselves to blame, that they and everything and all their purpose and its promise got 'taken.'

    Straight from the top (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Female bodies in particular are metonymically read through their accessories as a full package that can be "taken."

    Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text 2006

  • Nevertheless, it was effective, and he didn't think he needed to point out to Tremane that the reason he could sense another new area every time his new liegemen swore to him was that he literally was adding to the area he had "taken."

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • Nevertheless, it was effective, and he didn't think he needed to point out to Tremane that the reason he could sense another new area every time his new liegemen swore to him was that he literally was adding to the area he had "taken."

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • Israel entangled in judgments answers to the bird "taken."

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

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