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And we, the fair-pigmented ones, by the seed of our ancestry rulers in the high place, shall remain top-dog over the rest of the dogs.
CHAPTER XLVIII 2010
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I'll take a leaf out of modern warfare, and show them not only that we are top-dog (a favourite phrase of the mate), but WHY we are top-dog.
CHAPTER XLIV 2010
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As Gessler's long-time associate, Nicolais inherited much of Gessler's practice and has the chance to parlay this into a top-dog position.
Jessica Corry: Republican Shakeup Begs the Question: Who Will Become GOP's Election Lawyer? Jessica Corry 2011
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He has always been top-dog — bright, light, strong, unassailable.
CHAPTER XXVII 2010
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As Gessler's long-time associate, Nicolais inherited much of Gessler's practice and has the chance to parlay this into a top-dog position.
Jessica Corry: Republican Shakeup Begs the Question: Who Will Become GOP's Election Lawyer? Jessica Corry 2011
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His name was Hashim Khan and he was to teach himself – playing alone by moonlight for hour upon hour after cleaning the courts – to become top-dog patriarch, the Don Bradman-Bobby Jones-Stanley Matthews of the game, a totem even we English schoolboys in the 1950s would speak of in awe.
World champion Nick Matthew presses the case for squash | Frank Keating 2011
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I hope that every entrepreneur shows their full support for these protestors, and that those publications and news channels devoting the majority of their favorable coverage to the richest among us our tech hot-shots, our top-dog CEOs adopt the Occupiers' fight as their own.
Matt Hooper: Occupying Until We Get Occupations: a Millennial Entrepreneur's Take on the Protests Matt Hooper 2011
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I hope that every entrepreneur shows their full support for these protestors, and that those publications and news channels devoting the majority of their favorable coverage to the richest among us our tech hot-shots, our top-dog CEOs adopt the Occupiers' fight as their own.
Matt Hooper: Occupying Until We Get Occupations: a Millennial Entrepreneur's Take on the Protests Matt Hooper 2011
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But now to the big question: Does he get along with top-dog Jack Bauer?
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In the one case, one proves himself top-dog of the mind; in the other, top-dog of the muscle.
CHAPTER XLV 2010
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