Little Orphan Annie

"Those who stay in rural Iowa are often the elderly waiting to die, those too timid or lacking in educated to peer around the bend for better opportunities, an assortment of waste-toids and meth addicts with pale skin and rotted teeth, or those who quixotically believe, like Little Orphan Annie, that 'The sun'll come out tomorrow,'" Bloom writes in one of many descriptions in his attempt to explain "what Iowa is."

B.A. Morelli: As Caucus Day Approaches, a Debate Over Us Iowa Hicks B.A. Morelli 2011

"I knew her when she was 40 pounds, and she was this little, skinny, red-haired girl like Little Orphan Annie who absolutely loved horses," said Jessie Reed, 32, who rode with Napravnik at the Hunterdon Hills Pony Club.

A Jersey Girl Takes Aim at the Derby Jared Diamond 2011

Kristen in the hippie 'tard looked like Little Orphan Annie, all grown up, and having moved from a production of Annie over to a road company of Hair.

Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : I, Boobiac! 2010

In May, the syndicate announced that Little Orphan Annie would sing her final "tomorrow" on June 13 -- 86 years after its launch.

Farewell, BRENDA STARR: 70-year-old reporter faces her final deadline Jan. 2 [UPDATED] Michael Cavna 2010

Kristen in the hippie 'tard looked like Little Orphan Annie, all grown up, and having moved from a production of Annie over to a road company of Hair.

Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : I, Boobiac! Tallulah Morehead 2010

Kristen in the hippie 'tard looked like Little Orphan Annie, all grown up, and having moved from a production of Annie over to a road company of Hair.

Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: I, Boobiac! 2010

I don't have any interest in the Little Orphan Annie hardcover that IDW has on page 290, but if you're into that, it's 368 pages for 40 bucks.

Flippin’ through Previews – December 2007 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

Except for the color of her hair, she looked somewhat like Little Orphan Annie, the favorite cartoon character of both Uncle Ed and Lawyer Kincaid.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

"I don't know why, but somehow that Little Orphan Annie claim is going to help us win out!"

The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Lizette M. Edholm

Now admittedly the above scenario has not been, as they say, officially "scored" by the Congressional Budget Office, by comparison with whom Little Orphan Annie singing "The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow" sounds like Morrisey covering "Gloomy Sunday."

The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News By MARK STEYN 2010