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They practice political policing to the Nth degree and then depart for better climes leaving a trail of wreckage behind them – in much the same way as successive blow-in NI Secretaries of State have done.
Police Response Times – A Serious Debate SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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This is what is wrong with the interweb, there is a nice little community .. and some blow-in comes in, does not get some of the references from an Australian orientated blog, everyone takes offence, no-one tells any good jokes about Australians & Americans … and you cant send a decent electrical shock down the line to a troll.
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And these blow-in cards, among other things, are designed to do just that: get people talking, get them buzzing, get them to spread the word and the excitement and hopefully, the love, about Time of My Life.
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A blow-in herself, Sophie Toscan du Plantier loved the solitude of the place.
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The blow-in cards are a terrific hook, particularly with the “what if” factor connected to the book.
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A blow-in could be somebody who moved in from far away like us, or just from across the other side of the bridge, as was the case in our town.
OpEdNews - Diary: Out of Ireland (8): Nixers, Gurriers and Eejits 2010
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As an English blow-in, it is possible that no one would think to talk to me about events that could only truly be understood by those who had lived through them.
Claudy's grief speaks volumes about Northern Ireland's unspoken truths 2010
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Having been an Amnesty International member and Greenpeace "activist" since the 80s, Ursula takes a keen interest in political and environmental issues in her adopted country from the perspective of a "blow-in".
Printing: Out of Ireland (8): Nixers, Gurriers and Eejits 2010
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Huijie, who is Beijing born and bred, runs Beijing Hikers with her Kiwi husband, Hayden, and it attracts a mix of native Beijingers, adopted Beijingers and the odd blow-in like me.
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A blow-in could be somebody who moved in from far away like us, or just from across the other side of the bridge, as was the case in our town.
Printing: Out of Ireland (8): Nixers, Gurriers and Eejits 2010
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