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This proud and edgy sign advertises a Tunisian sports club called the “Étoile Sportive du Sahel.”
Hand-Painted Signs James Gurney 2009
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Used to be a good read/lots of general interest stuff/now just another rag full of bike porn surrounded by recycled garbage with the usual (read 'Bicycling') titles ('Get Lean'; 'Be a Winter Hard Man'; 'Ride Your Bike a Long Way oops, sorry, I mean 'Ride A Sportive This Summer') blah blah
Overwrought: It's Getting Complicated In Here BikeSnobNYC 2009
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This proud and edgy sign advertises a Tunisian sports club called the “Étoile Sportive du Sahel.”
Archive 2009-01-01 James Gurney 2009
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It has a mixture of the Sportive which deepens the impression of it's melancholy Close.
An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects Nathaniel Bloomfield
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Sportive steeds, O sire, of the dappled hue of the antelope, bore the son of
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Sportive damsels of the most delicate features and endued with splendour of complexion, having deep bosoms, tapering thighs and full and round hips, decked with celestial ornaments, gladden him with their company while he rides on a delightful and excellent car possessed of the effulgence of the sun and equipped with every article of enjoyment, for thousands and thousands of Kalpas.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Sportive self-expression can be prized because human nature contains a certain elasticity and margin for experiment, in which waste activity is inevitable and may be precious: for this license may lead, amid a thousand failures, to some real discovery and advance.
The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907
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[28] Sportive effusions on various plants are attributed to him by Pliny.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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Sportive myths are treated sportively, as in the story of
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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The five new iWeb themes-Impressive, Real Estate, Sportive, World Key, and Grey Symbols-are geared primarily toward businesses.
Macworld 2010
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