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In the middle of the world-wide war against terrorism, Congress has one good and palpable reason to concern itself with immigration reform: Illegal immigrants have fashioned a demi-monde, vast and ill-lit, within which our enemies can move with little fear of detection.
Immigration 2010
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Impressions Gallery, to 17 SepRCThe stories often precede the art in the case of Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril, the starry double act of decadent demi-monde Paris.
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Saved by their association with Warhol and their songs about the demi-monde.
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Does she obey her mother and follow her sister Rose into the demi-monde of prostitution or does she risk all and chart her own course?
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Does she obey her mother and follow her sister Rose into the demi-monde of prostitution or does she risk all and chart her own course?
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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His circle is the hedge fund managers who payroll his party, rightwing media executives and the demi-monde of Tory dining clubs, Notting Hill salons and country house weekends, all of whom he knew could be relied to cheer him for his alleged bulldog spirit and Thatcher-like courage in saying No to European "plots".
'As an act of crass stupidity, this has rarely been equalled' | Will Hutton 2011
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Glenny's DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You, from Knopf, points out that at whatever level such crime is planned, the front-line operatives are all drawn from pretty much the same demi-monde.
David Tereshchuk: Cyber Threats -- and Remedies -- Get Overdue Airing David Tereshchuk 2012
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"Runyonesque" is the traditional adjective for such characters, although there are those who will tell you that the great chronicler of the New York demi-monde was not averse to heightening reality.
Mystery men in hats? Boxing is a richer sport for it | Richard Williams 2012
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Glenny's DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You, from Knopf, points out that at whatever level such crime is planned, the front-line operatives are all drawn from pretty much the same demi-monde.
David Tereshchuk: Cyber Threats -- and Remedies -- Get Overdue Airing David Tereshchuk 2012
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Incidental ironies of the slacker demi-monde or mundane abound, as a predominantly male lonely-hearts club seeks solace in the spiral groove.
Punks, Painters, Prodigies, Pariahs Steve Dollar 2011
whichbe commented on the word demi-monde
Class of women of doubtful reputation. (Luciferous Logolepsy)
May 16, 2008