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4. This was the term Twain used in a reminiscence written in 1890, “Concerning the Scoundrel Edward House,” preserved in MTP.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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4. This was the term Twain used in a reminiscence written in 1890, “Concerning the Scoundrel Edward House,” preserved in MTP.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Shania Twain is the official spokesnashvillean for the product.
Boing Boing: August 29, 2004 - September 4, 2004 Archives 2004
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Mr. FEHRMAN: Twain is an especially cringeworthy case study, I think, because even though Twain was always Mark Twain, the way we think of him today, his books were not well-cared for and they ended up scattered everywhere.
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(Soundbite of laughter) FLATOW: Mark Twain is on the loose.
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There's a scurrilous rumour abroad, on self-improvement websites, that Twain is the source of the simpering fridge-magnet quotation "Dance like nobody's watching/Love like you've never been hurt/Sing like nobody's listening/Live like it's heaven on earth".
This column will change your life: The wit and wisdom of Mark Twain Oliver Burkeman 2010
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NEW YORK — It's never too late: Mark Twain is back on the best-seller lists.
Mark Twain Beats Jon Stewart, John Grisham: He's On Bestseller List Again AP 2010
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(Soundbite of laughter) FLATOW: Mark Twain is on the loose.
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NEW YORK mdash; It's never too late: Mark Twain is back on the best-seller lists.
Mark Twain Beats Jon Stewart, John Grisham: He's On Bestseller List Again AP 2010
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NEW YORK — It's never too late: Mark Twain is back on the best-seller lists.
Mark Twain Beats Jon Stewart, John Grisham: He's On Bestseller List Again AP 2010
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