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  • He was also the kind of oldstyle Navy officer who operated under Ban-ett’s First Law of the Sea, which meant he took me under his wing.

    Rogue Warrior Marcinko, Richard 1992

  • I Should be Writing is an oldstyle podcast if you like.

    Sci-Fi Podcast Roundup #1 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2008

  • A tough opponent who first attracted national attention at the tender age of 22 with carefully considered observations about integrity, trust and respect, Hillary has become a hard, mean thing desperate to hang on and all-too-willing to attack her wash-and-wear opponent with the mudslinging methods of oldstyle Arkansas politics.

    Giles Slade: Hillary Mugabe 2008

  • To Dr. Ilarionov, two conclusions were evident: first, that the supporters of the “consensus” position had based their argument on known scientific falsehoods and were accordingly unable to argue against the well informed sceptics; secondly, that, as he put it at the time, the British Government were behaving like oldstyle imperialists.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • This ties both newspapers and oldstyle programmatic, board/committee driven churches together, with Masters of Divinity/seminary trained pastors and J-school journalists in the same leaky boat.

    Philocrites: How are liberal churches like newspapers? 2005

  • Those that did not die bootstrapping the ships now died of disease, and there were no completely trained techs to replace them—partly because much of the oldstyle Vulcan psi-training required "circles" or groups of adepts to bring a psi-talented person to viability.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Those that did not die bootstrapping the ships now died of disease, and there were no completely trained techs to replace them—partly because much of the oldstyle Vulcan psi-training required “circles” or groups of adepts to bring a psi-talented person to viability.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Those that did not die bootstrapping the ships now died of disease, and there were no completely trained techs to replace them—partly because much of the oldstyle Vulcan psi-training required “circles” or groups of adepts to bring a psi-talented person to viability.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Those that did not die bootstrapping the ships now died of disease, and there were no completely trained techs to replace them—partly because much of the oldstyle Vulcan psi-training required "circles" or groups of adepts to bring a psi-talented person to viability.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Those that did not die bootstrapping the ships now died of disease, and there were no completely trained techs to replace them—partly because much of the oldstyle Vulcan psi-training required “circles” or groups of adepts to bring a psi-talented person to viability.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

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