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  • Yet wherever one goes in the Arab world, one finds bookstores well-stocked with Chomsky, offering another generation the same paranoid notions of American policy that mesh so neatly with an already paranoid political culture.

    From Chomsky to bin Laden Bret Stephens 2011

  • The wine announcement came after a nearly yearlong review into whether the government's well-stocked cellar, used to entertain heads of state and other dignitaries, is "appropriate to the contemporary environment."

    U.K. Heads to Cellar Alistair MacDonald 2011

  • At one end of a long room was a well-stocked bar tended by a Chinese madam who assessed prospective customers with a practiced calculus.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • United are only one point away from overtaking Liverpool on 19 league titles and can guarantee Champions League football next term but, unlike their Anfield rivals, they are well-stocked on the left and right of midfield and in Young's preferred position behind the lead striker.

    Liverpool edge ahead of Manchester United in £15m race for Ashley Young 2011

  • At one end of a long room was a well-stocked bar tended by a Chinese madam who assessed prospective customers with a practiced calculus.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Knowles, not bothering to ask their preferences, fetched a bottle of cognac and four snifters from a well-stocked bar and poured out a decent measure for each of them, before seating himself next to the assistant, whom he called Maj or Maja, Regan not quite catching whether the name ended in a vowel.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Boyan's mother already had a well-stocked basement with sacks of flour, sugar, jars of pickled vegetables, fruit compotes, milk powder, and bottles of cooking oil.

    Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?' Zoe Triska 2011

  • Aid workers say government-run evacuation centers are clean and well-stocked—some even have stockpiles of pet food for rescued dogs and cats—but they lack privacy, and are often difficult to heat.

    Hunting for Permanent Homes Gordon Fairclough 2011

  • Boyan's mother already had a well-stocked basement with sacks of flour, sugar, jars of pickled vegetables, fruit compotes, milk powder, and bottles of cooking oil.

    Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?' Zoe Triska 2011

  • Knowles, not bothering to ask their preferences, fetched a bottle of cognac and four snifters from a well-stocked bar and poured out a decent measure for each of them, before seating himself next to the assistant, whom he called Maj or Maja, Regan not quite catching whether the name ended in a vowel.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

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