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  • Her chilled vibe made me feel comfortable on every level, and I felt I could tell this woman anything and everything, and over several months, with one session a week, my story came out; the bare-boned, hard-facts version of what you have been reading.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Her chilled vibe made me feel comfortable on every level, and I felt I could tell this woman anything and everything, and over several months, with one session a week, my story came out; the bare-boned, hard-facts version of what you have been reading.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Her chilled vibe made me feel comfortable on every level, and I felt I could tell this woman anything and everything, and over several months, with one session a week, my story came out; the bare-boned, hard-facts version of what you have been reading.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • A young Iraq war veteran in bare-boned, bitten-lip honesty goes through his "checklist" of demons that make each day a new kind of battle as he struggles to be again "a loving husband and role model to my son, a loyal brother and caring friend."

    Michael Meade, D.H.L.: The Spiritual Backfire of War D.H.L. Michael Meade 2011

  • It's cheaper than a movie ticket and these are not bare-boned readings but fully staged shows with -- often -- large casts that would make them impossible to produce commercially on the West End. Case in point: England People Very Nice, a shambling play about immigration. if I'd paid 60 pounds, I might be less ready to appreciate the virtues of this show by Richard Bean.

    Michael Giltz: Theater: London Summer Roundup 2010

  • It's cheaper than a movie ticket and these are not bare-boned readings but fully staged shows with -- often -- large casts that would make them impossible to produce commercially on the West End. Case in point: England People Very Nice, a shambling play about immigration. if I'd paid 60 pounds, I might be less ready to appreciate the virtues of this show by Richard Bean.

    Theater: London Summer Roundup 2010

  • And to add insult to injury, under the CBO estimates, I will be FORCED to pay, UNDER THREAT OF IMPRISONMENT, AT LEAST $2,000 more than I pay now, for obamacare's bare-boned coverage!

    Lobbying for Your Health: 150,000 seniors in revolt 2010

  • It's cheaper than a movie ticket and these are not bare-boned readings but fully staged shows with -- often -- large casts that would make them impossible to produce commercially on the West End. Case in point: England People Very Nice, a shambling play about immigration. if I'd paid 60 pounds, I might be less ready to appreciate the virtues of this show by Richard Bean.

    Michael Giltz: Theater: London Summer Roundup 2009

  • Nothing like a question from out of left field to elicit some bare-boned truths about policing, race, and stupidity.

    Norm Stamper: Obama vs. Cambridge Police: Stupid Is as Stupid Does? 2009

  • 'Nothing like a question from out of left field to elicit some bare-boned truths about policing, race, and stupidity.

    Norm Stamper: Obama vs. Cambridge Police: Stupid Is as Stupid Does? 2009

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