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Examples
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Dollars spent, pennies earned: That "every dollar you spend" statement is more of an old wive's tale from say 1950.
What to expect from D.C.-area housing market this spring 2011
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Huston's favorite wive's tale about taking care of pictures is the holes-in-the-backing technique.
Daniel Grant: Repair Damaged Artwork Yourself? Maybe Not Daniel Grant 2011
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April 30th, 2010 10: 55 am ET scum-bag of the first order! after nov. he will have more time to devote to his narcissitic tan – as phony as he is – just GO AWAY and live off your wive's money.
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Dollars spent, pennies earned: That "every dollar you spend" statement is more of an old wive's tale from say 1950.
What to expect from D.C.-area housing market this spring 2011
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Huston's favorite wive's tale about taking care of pictures is the holes-in-the-backing technique.
Daniel Grant: Repair Damaged Artwork Yourself? Maybe Not Daniel Grant 2011
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"That is an old wive's tale just as Scott Fitzgerald told Hemingway that lemonade and whiskey as a cure for a cold was on old wives' tale," the bartender told us.
A Moveable Bistro Con Chapman 2011
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Just view the video with your jaw hanging open like everyone else, have a beer and go vent at your poor wive's, I'm sure they've told you to stop complaining already also!!
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Forms of pasta have been around for millennia, so there's bound to be some stigma, wive's tales, various voodoo and placebo affects woven into its history.
Joshua Stokes: The Principal Pasta Principle Joshua Stokes 2010
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Forms of pasta have been around for millennia, so there's bound to be some stigma, wive's tales, various voodoo and placebo affects woven into its history.
Joshua Stokes: The Principal Pasta Principle Joshua Stokes 2010
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(One old wive's test: If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you're not hungry.)
Michael Pollan: "Food Rules": A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis 2010
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