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  • For a brief moment --- we-ell, the title and first sentence, anyway, I'd hoped your article was going to address the appalling distortions being committed on our society by NuLab in the name of "Human rights". badile

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • He simply has not established eligibility and for a job this important, can you imagine, in the corporate field, with billions of dollars at stake, the company saying - we-ell, he hasn't really satisfied the requirements but he's a nice chap.

    [new fourth estate] the rise of the blogosphere 2008

  • And -- which rather surprised himself -- he did not lift a supercilious eyebrow and say in a soft, apathetic voice, "Very we-ell!"

    The Rose-Garden Husband Margaret Widdemer 1931

  • For heaven's sake, the Congressional Black Caucus has 14 members I believe, and off the top of my head there's Waxman, DeLauro and Stark! we-ell, if it looks like a Socialist, and it quacks like a Socialist,

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Now for the bad news, Alan Turing has been dead for 45 years, Gordon, if he's answering you back as you shuffle from foot to foot telling how frightfully sorry you are for something somebody else did when you were 10, we-ell ...

    PageOneQ.com Latest 2009

  • **Nite watchman wokz frew adn anownsez:**”Ten twenny-for adn awlz we-ell!”

    …then let the dough rise - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Manannán brightens perceptibly. "we-ell," He says diffidently "I might as well get a bit of practice in, I suppose" He turns his chariot and raises His whip but pauses to ask somewhat suspiciously "you will be watching now, won't you" Danaan smiles their special secret smile...."

    Archive 2007-01-01 Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007

  • Manannán brightens perceptibly. "we-ell," He says diffidently "I might as well get a bit of practice in, I suppose" He turns his chariot and raises His whip but pauses to ask somewhat suspiciously "you will be watching now, won't you" Danaan smiles their special secret smile...."

    April Showers Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007

  • "Um -- we-ell, that's accordin 'to what you call comf'table.

    Galusha the Magnificent Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • And if the display's "too big" - as Dirk says, below - we-ell, we soon adapt to these changes which we think are insuperable ..15 "is too big? ..

    Discussions: Message List - root 2008

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