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  • See this collection of points in Oliphant and area.

    Internet News: Live Search Maps Canada 2007

  • The entire cast of about 70 people, excepting only Miss Oliphant, is composed of Canadians, who have been trained for this production by our versatile Guest Speaker,

    Some Experiences in Showmanship 1950

  • There in the threshold stood the manservant whom they called Oliphant, erect as a sentry on guard.

    The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

  • Since the 1978 Supreme Court decision known as Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, non-Indians cannot be tried in tribal courts for crimes they've committed against tribe members on reservations.

    Tribal Justice Systems, 2007

  • The two young lawyers were W.H. Clagget, whom Clemens had known in Keokuk, and A.W. Oliver, called Oliphant in "Roughing It."

    The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 1916

  • Keokuk, and A.W. Oliver, called Oliphant in "Roughing It."

    The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • Not surprisingly, Johnston ensured that taking a look into the questionable business of the sale of Airbus jetliners to Air Canada -- surely the key to the entire squalid affair -- was not going to be part of the job of what came to be known as the Oliphant Inquiry.

    rabble.ca - News for the rest of us 2010

  • The driver of the Jeep, identified as Oliphant of Bastrop, was arrested by investigating troopers.

    thenewsstar.com - Sports 2010

  • The words left on it were all incomplete, except the names "Oliphant" and "Australia."

    Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson

  • However opinions may differ about these things, we will agree that the elephant (or "Oliphant," as he was called in France 400 years ago) is the most imposing, fascinating, and astonishing of all animals.

    More Science From an Easy Chair 1888

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