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  • On a lighter note I should add a more personal aspect to her bigotry and ask a well-pointed question: It's known that she brought to life her - supposedly first, I don't know - child in Israel during her already underway stint [mission] to be the Jerusalem correspondent of the BBC.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Steady Eddie @ 12:49 pm #68 – if you go back and read or listen to Gore’s speeches on civil liberties or the war in Iraq, he brings the same passion, intelligence, and well-pointed insights he does on the environment.

    Firedoglake » Al Gore Rises to Aid the Earth… and Run in ‘08? 2006

  • But it was buzzed about the racing quarters that the head of the nail, — and old rusty, straight, and well-pointed nail, — bore on it the mark of a recent hammer.

    The Duke's Children 2004

  • Some of its been, kind of, shrill, I've thought, and not terribly well-pointed, or well-aimed.

    CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2001 2001

  • Some of its been, kind of, shrill, I've thought, and not terribly well-pointed, or well-aimed.

    CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2001 2001

  • A very thin cover story had been crafted, one that would not stand up well after two or three well-pointed questions, especially in an industry where, Rusan assumed, many of the drivers knew each other.

    Transfer of Power Vince Flynn 1999

  • A very thin cover story had been crafted, one that would not stand up well after two or three well-pointed questions, especially in an industry where, Rusan assumed, many of the drivers knew each other.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997

  • Though in all other respects the house seemed well cared for, groomed into a state of clean, well-pointed aftluence, the closed shutters seemed to convey an air of sudden devastation.

    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1988

  • Young was disposed to think but lightly of this curious armor, but when Tizoc, to convince him of its utility, demonstrated its power to resist a well-pointed arrow shot at very short range he was forced to confess its entire applicability to the purpose for which it was designed.

    The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

  • Moussa smiled broadly upon his erstwhile contemptuous and insulting enemy, and began to consider the possibilities of a long and well-pointed lead-pencil as a means of vengeance.

    Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913

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