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  • It was then that the two whom you call the Growler and the

    The Crystal Stopper Maurice Leblanc 1902

  • I have fastened up the house well, and I have brought in Growler, the bulldog, to sleep on the mat outside my bedroom door, so I shall say my prayers and try to go to sleep.

    The Hidden Hand 1888

  • In Bush's original 'emergency' request he made room for new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets and C-130 cargo planes for Lockheed; a dozen F/A-18 fighter jets; seven new V-22 Osprey transport aircraft; six copies of a new plane called the Growler; $74 million for "design, development, integration, and testing" of an unmanned spy plane; all of which wouldn't be operable in any battlefield until at least 2010.

    Beating Bush's Swords Into Plowshares 2007

  • There's a request for a dozen F/A-18 fighter jets; 22 new C-130J Hercules cargo planes; seven new V-22 Osprey transport aircraft; six copies of a new plane called the Growler; and $74 million for "design, development, integration, and testing" of an unmanned spy plane.

    Paying for Bush's Fear in Iraq 2007

  • There's a request for a dozen F/A-18 fighter jets; seven new V-22 Osprey transport aircraft; six copies of a new plane called the Growler; and $74 million for "design, development, integration, and testing" of an unmanned spy plane.

    Commander Bush is Hamstrung by Democracy 2007

  • I fell out of my Marcel Brewer's chair when I read the email from Google that explained why The Growler wasn't allowed to post for those precious three days; we were clogging up the blog hiway with our hits; we had moved up suddenly to being the first listed when you searched Google with "The Daily Growler," "Daily Growler," or "Growler"--or the lowercase varieties also.

    Well, Well, Well... The Daily Growler 2006

  • Well, still to come in THE SITUATION ROOM, it's called the Growler, but the price tag has people grumbling.

    CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2005 2005

  • It happened that the Growler was a short distance to windward of us, when we first became aware of the nature of our critical situation.

    Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • The Marine Corps is starting to deploy a jeeplike vehicle called the Growler, 10 years after conception and at twice the contract price, after delays that were caused by changing concepts and problems in contracting, development and testing, according to two reports.

    Mock, Paper, Scissors 2009

  • In exchange for the establishment of its military bases, Moscow could provide Iran with modern air-defense and missile-defense systems, as well as the advanced S-400 Triumf (SA-21, NATO codename Growler) surface-to-air missile system with a range of up to 400 kilometers.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2008

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