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  • | Reply | Permalink and the meta message behind the 'Celebrity' ad was not that he was as ephermeral as Brittany or Paris ... they were calling him a GIRL! the WWII generation realizes that.

    Joe Klein: I Was "Wrong" To Call McCain An Honorable Man 2009

  • We are taking incredible gamble with our livelihoods and our security, placing ephermeral pleasure and profit over long-term, steady investment.

    With no flood insurance, man kayaks out of living room 2008

  • Facelike Mask closed to the ephermeral, without eyes

    Leopold Sedar Senghor greenintegerblog 2008

  • There is no definite end to the game, there are no clearly defined victory conditions, although you may beat another player in PvP, the victory is at best ephermeral as they will be back competing several seconds later in all likelihood.

    Endgame: Bandwidth 2006

  • I was given a series of ephermeral arguments in defense of the concept that failed to win me over.

    There 2005

  • If you want to know more details on the ephermeral storage look at

    Planet PHP 2010

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    Planet PHP 2010

  • The reference to Karl Rove hints at an approach that some, particularly those convinced that the November 4 victory was fragile or even ephermeral, may urge on Obama: using the levers of power to reward elements of the Democratic base while appealing very selectively to swing voter categories that might push up Democratic percentages in the future to a more comfortable margin, even without the anti-Republican atmosphere of this election year.

    Democratic Strategist 2008

  • Love the "Carmina Burana" for its ominous-sounding and vaguely demonic resonance, the staccato THUMP-thump of the cadence reinforcing the "waxing and waning" of the ephermeral moon in its cycles. "

    Knowledge is Power 2010

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