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Scott & John: Bruce Cockburn is another favorite of mine.
Tuesday Tune: 'All Along the Watchtower' by Michael Hedges 2010
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Of course, Mr. Cockburn is no more qualified to discuss this issue then his counterparts on the right Glenn Beck and Kevin Hannity. luc Says:
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Yet one more reason (were more really needed?) never to read a word Cockburn writes or publishes.
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But, on his blog, Pen and Sword, outspoken Military. com columnist Ken Huber calls Cockburn's Counterpunch piece "counterproductive."
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I know it's not pronounced like that, but I still feel for people called Cockburn
It's Not Big and It's Not Clever...(Part 3) Kerron Cross 2006
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The New York Times called Cockburn a "virtuoso on guitar," while Acoustic Guitar magazine placed him in the esteemed company of Andrés Segovia, Bill Frisell and Django Reinhardt.
Kootenay Rockies - News loadxml 2010
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Given the lineage, it is unsurprising that famous port houses have English or Scottish names such as Cockburn's, Croft, Sandeman and Taylor's.
A Nation Passing On the Port William Lyons 2011
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Everybody appeared to know me, and a van stopped near me and the driver said, “All right, Cockburn.”
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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He said, “Do you have a son called Henry Cockburn?”
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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He is the author of Muqtada, about war and rebellion in Iraq; The Occupation short-listed for a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2007; The Broken Boy, a memoir; and, with Andrew Cockburn, Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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