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Sarah Palin's recent trip with Samaritan's Purse, run by Billy Graham's son, Franklin, highlighted a massive delivery of shoe boxes containing religious paraphrenalia, candy, toys, hygiene supplies and other things via chartered jet.
Richard Walden: One Year After: Haiti Aid Is not Rocket Science nor a Spectator Sport Richard Walden 2011
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We're not going to go any months without seeing 'Twilight' paraphrenalia out there now ... it's going to be a 24 hour circus of 'Twlight.'
‘Breaking Dawn’ Split Looks Likely As The ‘24 Hour Circus’ Of ‘Twilight’ Continues » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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Sarah Palin's recent trip with Samaritan's Purse, run by Billy Graham's son, Franklin, highlighted a massive delivery of shoe boxes containing religious paraphrenalia, candy, toys, hygiene supplies and other things via chartered jet.
Richard Walden: One Year After: Haiti Aid Is not Rocket Science nor a Spectator Sport Richard Walden 2011
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The trouble is the alternatoive would subject the poor folk of Crewe & Nantwich to an incessant bombardment from the yellow perils replete with the whole paraphrenalia of manufacted little 'pavement' issues.
Tamsin Glyn Davies 2008
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I'm sure the 20-something sons could hide all their paraphrenalia and what-not, while Mom makes herself at home.
The interpretation of carpeting. Ann Althouse 2008
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Here's an example, taken just a few minutes ago -- I love how the picture looks exactly how my messy desk looks right now (new camera paraphrenalia all over the place), at 10: 30pm with only my desk lamp illuminating the room.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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Here's an example, taken just a few minutes ago -- I love how the picture looks exactly how my messy desk looks right now (new camera paraphrenalia all over the place), at 10: 30pm with only my desk lamp illuminating the room.
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This is something those of us who are waiguoren living in Asia, particularly those of us from the West, just don't get . . . the fantasy and attraction of Nazi paraphrenalia for the young here . . . yet another bout . . .
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This is something those of us who are waiguoren living in Asia, particularly those of us from the West, just don't get . . . the fantasy and attraction of Nazi paraphrenalia for the young here . . . yet another bout . . .
Life of Brian: 2005
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Park benches will be ripped out and picnic blankets and beach towels confiscated as "tanning paraphrenalia."
Hit & Run 2010
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