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  • Just as surely his idol Turner proved himself a romantic painter, not by his rainbows, or his Italian sunsets, but by that picture of _Storm, Rain, and Speed_ -- an old-fashioned express fighting its way through wind, rain, and of course rainbows -- in the English National Gallery.

    Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Richard Le Gallienne 1906

  • Jeff warned them all that it rains -- a lot, taking no chances of another Beelzebimbo, who had no idea that the term "Rain Forest" meant: "jungle where it rains a lot."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tallulah Morehead 2011

  • However, someone in the embassy must have inadvertently use this epithet to refer to the Bord Fáilte, and this enrage the Tourism minister who complain to the Spanish ambassador, who then send to us a very stern message about the use of the term Rain Man.

    Irish Blogs Coddle Pot 2009

  • Ray Bradbury has gone on record as saying that Singin 'in the Rain is a science fiction film.

    SciFi Themes Invade the Literary World 2005

  • Rain's concerts were canceled in the U.S. partly because of a lawsuit involving another music group called Rain who didn't want Bi to use the name Rain to promote his concerts.

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • I relished Miller's serenity and sense of release in "Rain," de Lavallade's riveting dramatic strengths in "The Creation" and Acogny's theatricality and contained forcefulness in "Songook Yaakaar (Facing Up to Hope)," which she choreographed in collaboration with Pierre Doussaint.

    'FLY: Five First Ladies' hold a posture of maturity and grace Sarah Kaufman 2010

  • (link) Singin 'in the Rain is my favorite movie musical of all time, and on my top three movies of all time.

    slayground: Interview: Lisa Yee Little Willow 2006

  • Rain is just about the closest you'll come to seeing The Beatles live ever.

    Jon Chattman: Beatles Nostalgic Trip? Blame It on the "Rain" Jon Chattman 2010

  • Rain is just about the closest you ll come to seeing The Beatles live ever.

    Jon Chattman: Beatles Nostalgic Trip? Blame It on the "Rain" Jon Chattman 2010

  • Posted in Rain, User Submitted on August 29th, 2010

    2010 August 2010

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