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  • He called Hemming's attention to it, but whether or not the night mists had at the moment he was looking lifted up, and again sunk down, and allowed him to see a vessel really there, or that his fancy still misled him, it was impossible to say.

    The Three Midshipmen William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • "Ay, ay, sir," answered Hemming, meaning that he understood the orders received.

    The Three Midshipmen William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • Allison Hemming, president of the Hired Guns, a 12-employee placement agency for product management, marketing, design and advertising workers in New York City, gobbled lunch at her desk for years while working as a marketing specialist at two New York investment banks.

    A Field Guide to Obnoxious Eating Sue Shellenbarger 2011

  • The Australian Science Fiction Foundation is introducing the Norma K. Hemming Award for Australian works which explore “themes of race, gender, class and sexuality”.

    Spinetingler Awards sfawardswatch 2010

  • Fleet Street breathed an audible sigh of relief Monday when Liberal Democrat John Hemming uttered the name that could not be spoken—that of Ryan Giggs.

    Rule by Gag 2011

  • Tony does the Tom Cruise drop, while Chynna's hip-high slit is Hemming: Impossible.

    Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 2011

  • He is honored by many in this country and even some others, yet his natural sense of morality did not keep him from enslaving and sexually copulating a 14 year old little girl by the name of Sally Hemming.

    Child Abuse Alert 2009

  • The Australian Science Fiction Foundation is introducing the Norma K. Hemming Award for Australian works which explore “themes of race, gender, class and sexuality”.

    sfawardswatch: Norma K. Hemming Award sfawardswatch 2010

  • Hemming: the noise we make when we arrive home from the shops, and we want our man to get up from the couch and help with our shopping bags.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Ladies Lounge 2009

  • Hemming calls the present state of Catholic liturgy "chaos".

    Liturgy 2009

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