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  • A strange extension to this ornithological theme are the displays featuring a giant birdcage inhabited by a moody-looking half-dressed woman – symbolic, perhaps, of the anxious consumer, desperate to break out of their economic prison for a restorative shopping spree.

    Christmas through the looking glass 2011

  • Let's try for real sexuality instead of just half-dressed celluloid constructs.

    Kicking The Dog SVGL 2009

  • As if she could trust a half-dressed lord in a brothel to arbitrate anything fairly.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • The announcement will presumably put to rest any rumors that Burton might run for Congress to fill the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Chris Lee of Buffalo, who resigned after half-dressed photos that he had sent to a woman via e-mail surfaced last week.

    Deputy press secretary Burton, political adviser Sweeney to leave White House Anne E. Kornblut 2011

  • Despite being half-dressed, wearing only my bed robe, I send my ladies away, throw a wrap around my shoulders, and bid him sit.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • Several steps above Freddy stood their quarry, red-faced and half-dressed, and behind him other men crowded around the stairs to see what was happening.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • While I happened to be reading Maral Agnerian's review of the anime series Brigadoon (not to be confused with the musical of the same name), I came upon this quote: "Why do guys always get half-dressed babes for robot protectors, while girls get weird-looking mecha?"

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

  • While I happened to be reading Maral Agnerian's review of the anime series Brigadoon (not to be confused with the musical of the same name), I came upon this quote: "Why do guys always get half-dressed babes for robot protectors, while girls get weird-looking mecha?"

    March Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour 2010

  • Â The art looks remarkably like the work of J. Scott Campbell (in a good way) as Flash Gordon, who is apparently a CIA agent, and his partner Dale Arden, who is a half-dressed uber-hottie, turn the indigenous peoples againstÂtheir dictator.

    Review: Rapid Fire Reviews - Stale Candy Edition! | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • The announcement will presumably put to rest any rumors that Burton might run for Congress to fill the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Chris Lee of Buffalo, who resigned after half-dressed photos that he had sent to a woman via e-mail surfaced last week.

    Deputy press secretary Burton, political adviser Sweeney to leave White House Anne E. Kornblut 2011

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