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  • Eoin: Artemis Fowl is an Irish teenager, now, and he's a criminal master-mind, or at least he used to be.

    Matthew Peterson interviews Eoin Colfer 2010

  • They "aressted" Ahmed Hashim Abed (suspected master-mind of the MURDER of 4 Blackwell security guards in Fallujah Iraq in 2004).

    S.e.A.L's UNDER ATTACK ! ! ! 2009

  • It knew him and revered him as the master-mind of the ages; and it loved him for himself, for his quizzical shortsighted eyes and the inimitable way in which he screwed up his face when he laughed; it loved him for his simplicity and comradeship and warm humanness, and for his fondness for salted pecans and his aversion to cats.

    Goliah 2010

  • Guillermo Scott Herren, the producer, performer and overall master-mind behind Prefuse 73, completely blew the audience away with his delicious potluck of sounds.

    Alyssa Miele: Neon Indian, Miniature Tigers, Nite Jewel, the Dom and Prefuse 73 Rock Governor's Island Alyssa Miele 2010

  • This "master-mind of the ages" is beloved for the way he screws up his face when he laughs, and for "his simplicity and comradeship and warm humanness, and for his fondness for salted pecans, and his aversion to cats."

    “Malicious chance was having its laugh at him.” 2008

  • Craig Baldwin and special guests, including master-mind machine artist Kal Spelletich and author Erik Davis will be present for Q&A on Wednesday.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

  • The House Judiciary Committee votes 20-14 to hold Karl Rove in of Congress yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The House Judiciary Committee votes 20-14 to hold Karl Rove in of Congress'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: After refusing repeatedly to properly respond to a Congressional supoena, the \'master-mind\' of the Bush administrations, Karl Rove, is now subject to a contempt of Congress resolution and possible arrest and prosecution. '

    The House Judiciary Committee votes 20-14 to hold Karl Rove in of Congress 2008

  • If we seek for the master-mind that started Ibsen, it is not to be found among the writers of his age or of his language.

    Henrik Ibsen 2008

  • If we seek for the master-mind that started Ibsen, it is not to be found among the writers of his age or of his language.

    Henrik Ibsen 2008

  • Last week the case grew more lurid still, when the cult's scientific master-mind, Hideo Murai, was stabbed to death in front of TV cameras and 10 policemen.

    The Cult's Broad Reach 2008

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