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  • I held my breath in anticipation as thoughts of some black-widow ensemble ran through my head.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • In May, Merck sent a letter to doctors advising them to be on the lookout for brown particles in its vaccines as well as in vials of Antivenin, a treatment for black-widow spider bites.

    Shrink Wrap Found in Merck Vaccines Peter Loftus 2011

  • He showed a segment he never eventually used, of his then wife, Louise Lasser, as a black-widow spider catching a fly Woody in her web just before eating him for dinner.

    Lea Lane: Was I a Character in a Woody Allen Film? Lea Lane 2011

  • I held my breath in anticipation as thoughts of some black-widow ensemble ran through my head.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • I held my breath in anticipation as thoughts of some black-widow ensemble ran through my head.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • He showed a segment he never eventually used, of his then wife, Louise Lasser, as a black-widow spider catching a fly Woody in her web just before eating him for dinner.

    Lea Lane: Was I a Character in a Woody Allen Film? Lea Lane 2011

  • I held my breath in anticipation as thoughts of some black-widow ensemble ran through my head.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • But the few who do are very often this type; that is, the black-widow type who murder their husbands for the insurance money and things like that.

    Execution Of Virginia Woman Stirs Objections 2010

  • But the few who do are very often this type; that is, the black-widow type who murder their husbands for the insurance money and things like that.

    Execution Of Virginia Woman Stirs Objections 2010

  • More a black-widow spiderwoman (does she ever wash that dark cocktail dress), she relishes the killer insult.

    Lea Lane: Noteworthy Solo Women of 2007 - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 2008

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