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elegance, that infirm poise, which I associated with the world between the wars. [
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kin - the perfect spy. New Scientist, March 6, 2008 (
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September 21, 2008 19:12
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another man's treasure." CBS4 (Miami), Jan. 3, 2008 (
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genius, personal wretch. From the Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2010 (
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May 14, 2010 19:36
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December 10, 2007 19:19
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House and Senate both had voted on it. Boston Herald, Apr. 30, 2008 (
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saltire with green and black triangles. [
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September 02, 2011 19:48
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. The Telegraph, July 2001 (
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, very efficient." All was sweetness. James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small (
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terror. Bulfinch's Mythology (
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April 21, 2010 08:35
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February 10, 2009 06:25
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do this. New York Times, Feb. 14, 2007 (
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July 25, 2008 13:46
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said: Three oclock then. I shall be there. Goodnight. Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (
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May 16, 2008 08:20
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thrown off their trolley will still prefer Hans Andersen. Time Magazine, March 1, 1937 (
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August 02, 2008 17:31
RE: Terms of Wordplay
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ludic relating to undirected, spontaneous playfulness (pronounced as in 'ludicrous')Apparently a technical word for what I think of as childlike, spontaneous funToday's excerpts (
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February 16, 2006 06:48
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