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  • "But," sez Miss Sypher (she is so good-hearted, and so awful fond of the deacon), "wouldn't it be real sweet, Deacon, if you and I could work together as deacons, and tend the sick, relieve the sufferers -- work for the good of the church together -- go about doin 'good?"

    Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881

  • "But," sez Miss Sypher (she is so good-hearted, and so awful fond of the deacon), "wouldn't it be real sweet, Deacon, if you and I could work together as deacons, and tend the sick, relieve the sufferers -- work for the good of the church together -- go about doin 'good?"

    Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 5 Marietta Holley 1881

  • Deacon is the latest in a long series of designers to try to reverse Ungaro's fortunes, and his arrival came on the heels of the house's disastrous collaboration with Lindsay Lohan -- all of which has, of couse, piqued the fashion world's interest.

    Luxury Is A La Mode At Celine, Galliano, Givenchy & Akris (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010

  • The emotional intensity of the relationship between Rosalia and Deacon is so incredibly compelling - I stayed up way too late last night reading "just one more page."

    Archive 2010-05-01 Nalini Singh 2010

  • Deacon is the latest in a long series of designers to try to reverse Ungaro's fortunes, and his arrival came on the heels of the house's disastrous collaboration with Lindsay Lohan -- all of which has, of couse, piqued the fashion world's interest.

    Luxury Is A La Mode At Celine, Galliano, Givenchy & Akris (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010

  • Deacon is the latest in a long series of designers to try to reverse Ungaro's fortunes, and his arrival came on the heels of the house's disastrous collaboration with Lindsay Lohan -- all of which has, of couse, piqued the fashion world's interest.

    Luxury Is A La Mode At Celine, Galliano, Givenchy & Akris (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The emotional intensity of the relationship between Rosalia and Deacon is so incredibly compelling - I stayed up way too late last night reading "just one more page."

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2010

  • The Congregation is now working on the document that will include a résumé of the life of Cardinal Newman and the miraculous cure attributed to this Servant of God of Jack Sullivan, a Permanent Deacon from the Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts.

    Cardinals Approve Miracle for Newman Beatification 2009

  • The shame of what he had done must have tingled in Deacon, for he answered, No, we'll play for a thousand.

    A GOBOTO NIGHT 2010

  • The daughter of Boston aristocrats Edward Parker Deacon and Florence Baldwin Deacon, Gladys and her three younger sisters, Audrey, Edith and Dorothy gained notoriety at a tender age when their parents became embroiled in a homicide/divorce case that nearly caused an international contretemps between France and the United States.

    An Aristocratic Ménage: Consuelo, Sunny and Gladys | Edwardian Promenade 2008

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