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It was citizen activists that got it fully implemented. mike shhh! you'll piss off the unliked, unwanted, unofficial burgermeister of the center of the universe. protect ya neck, kid. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds
Study Shows Stone Way “Road Diet” Improved Traffic, Safety « PubliCola 2010
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Douglas charts how artists rebelled against this figure and the push for Temperance (in all forms) by inserting foolish, uptight dowagers and stuffy old burgermeister types in popular entertainments (the Marx Brothers being a great example, or early cartoons, such as Betty Boop).
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Sir Stephen Carter saw the palace, as it had been described to him in letters with the burgermeister of the clockmaker's guild.
Abandoned Prose 2009
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Sir Stephen Carter saw the palace, as it had been described to him in letters with the burgermeister of the clockmaker's guild.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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LaVan Hawkins, 37 The Baltimore-based burgermeister and his UrbanCityFoods plan to have 225 Burger King franchises up and flame-broiling in African-American neighborhoods by 1999.
The Century Club 2008
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And if the local burgermeister couldn't get it up with his mistress-wench, it must have been because that withered crone who begs outside his door had placed a hex upon him.
Daniel Cubias: The Power of the Powerless: The Rise of the Economic Scapegoat 2008
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The Modernity it was reacting to was a new world of new technologies and new politics -- oil-based paints, burgermeister patrons.
The Great Debate Hal Duncan 2005
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The Modernity it was reacting to was a new world of new technologies and new politics -- oil-based paints, burgermeister patrons.
Archive 2005-12-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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Back then, when I first met the mayor or burgermeister (ph) of Rudesheim, I could barely speak a word of German.
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The previous burgermeister had burned men as well as women, including the pastor of St. Nicholas's Church.
The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001
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