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  • Lyotard’s cri­tique of grand nar­ra­tives is slop­pily if not mis­tak­enly applic­a­ble here.

    Detroit Tag City? What? « Snarkmarket 2005

  • I guess all the na'tives 'names are things like' me, 'and' you, 'and' this one, 'and' that one. 5) P

    The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962

  • A.M. Cassandra, renowned for posters of liners and trains, did two scarves for Hermès, including 'Perspec tives,' a brilliant evocation of architecture, sky and infinity.

    Photo-Op: Silken Treasures 2011

  • 'Perspec tives' Cecil Beaton's sketch of Garbo's eye Since Hermès introduced its first scarf in 1937— showing omni buses circling around gameplayers—the printed square has been more than an accessory; it is a statement.

    Photo-Op: Silken Treasures 2011

  • It wouldn't take a lot of THE NIGHT FACE inhaled metallic material to destroy you: radioac-tives, arsenates, perhaps mercury liberated from its oxide by heat.

    do you ever read writing? Peter DeWolf 2010

  • Germany, meanwhile, moved ahead with its unilateral ban on short selling of all stocks and euro-currency deriva tives unless the sales are for hedging, not speculative, purposes.

    European Disunion on Policy 2010

  • Both detec\expndtw4 tives, who had been lounging in their chairs, straightened up. \cf0\expndtw0\par

    Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010

  • But there was another clamor from the other representa - tives; they all wanted to participate.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • I think the correct moniker descriptive of that type of conveyance, at least among Fugi-tives*, is "dey skank ass wips, yo."

    The Times They Are A-Rockin': The Future of Rock Racing BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Ettel-son was well connected with the Chicago police — he was a personal friend of the chief of detec-tives, Michael Hughes, and of the deputy captain of police, William (Shoes) Shoemacher.

    'For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb 2008

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