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"Wait till I call Tant," said Dyke; and he went out to the back to summon the Kaffir woman, who came in smiling, cleared away, and then proceeded to feed her lord; Duke, the dog, waiting for his turn, and not being forgotten.
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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"We have had extensive discussions with the directors of [Tui] over the background to these [failures]… Over the course of these discussions our relationship with certain directors became increasingly strained," Tant wrote.
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“Tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir” ...
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The novel offers us caricatures of power in the figures of Bonaparte Blenkins and Tant' Sannie -- cruel, greedy, ignorant people; it offers caricatures of passivity and gentleness, too, especially in the character of Waldo's father, Gottlob, who is a kind of holy fool.
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Tant pis, you might say; and there are genuine satisfactions to be had from this book—you should read it; your time would not be wasted.
Ian McEwan, Solar, 2010 Adam Roberts 2010
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Tant et si bien qu'un concours fut organisé au sein de l'équipe de Shoebox Greetings pour trouver un nom à cette vieille dame et, sur la trentaine de propositions, trois étaient “Maxine”, nom qui sembla parfait et fut retenu.
Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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Tant pis, you might say; and there are genuine satisfactions to be had from this book—you should read it; your time would not be wasted.
Archive 2010-05-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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Millicent Buckridge Tant, known as Millie Tant, is a character in the British comic, Viz.
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At the end of each comic strip, Millie Tant invariably forgets her feminist stance and is shown to be a hypocrite, e.g. asking a man to get rid of a mouse while she is standing on a chair, or knitting baby clothes with a simpering look on her face.
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The two concepts explore the theme of the 'Bare Necessity' which, as GM Designer Therese Tant writes, is a back-to basics approach, less is more, less cost, less complexity = efficiency.
Dave Pinter: GM Creates 'The Lab' Blog to Test Transportation Concepts 2009
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