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It reminded Howie of the man he'd once played billiards with-the one he had hoped would become his friend.
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The third running character is one the audience can most identify with-the frustrated customer on the other end of an automated service call.
Chromolume Theatre Company Shares Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know 2007
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If this is what they're going with-the kindergarten essay, the questionnaire, the drug use (detailed in a book he wrote) - then this is all they've got.
Hillary Campaign Official Says GOP Will Target Obama For Drug Use 2009
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If this is what they're going with-the kindergarten essay, the questionnaire, the drug use (detailed in a book he wrote) - then this is all they've got.
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Another juror said on "Nightline," "The only input I had was what the judicial system, the judge, the defense attorneys, the prosecutors gave me to work with-the law's the law."'
The Siege Of L.A. 2008
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Alongside-or in joint venture with-the giants, other companies are maneuvering for a piece of the action, whether it is to build the necessary black boxes, "smart TVs" and remotes that will manipulate some 500 channels, or the software and programming to run on them.
A Risky Revolution 2008
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All of this was the result of two young reporters, different in many respects, who were willing to take on enormous risks in chasing a story that most editors were reluctant to deal with-the burglaries of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel in 1972 and the ensuing results that culminated in the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
Review: Woodward And Bernstein: Life In The Shadow Of Watergate 2006
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It was a bizarre twist on an idea Roth loves to play with-the novelist as a character, the implication of the reader in the story.
Operation Shiksa: A Philip Roth Mystery He Didn't Write 2003
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In a small box that sat in his end table, he kept a few things that he couldn't bear to part with-the valentine cards he'd once given her, her wedding ring, and other things that people wouldn't understand.
Message in a Bottle Sparks, Nicholas 1998
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They reminded me of the men Gramps used to play bridge with-the same thick, stiff hands; the same thin, natty socks and improbably slender shoes; the same beads of sweat along the folds of their necks, just beneath their flat caps.
Dreams From My Father Obama, Barack 1995
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