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  • I would sell my left testacle for a job in some Eastern European oldworld spot and the chance to participate in a meaningful way in the remaking of a such a society.

    Think Progress » After Whining About Being ‘Suppressed,’ Chamber Discloses It Spent $123 Million In Lobbying 2010

  • It actually believes theloss of its powerwill lead to the end of the world, because for it, the oldworld based on fear, selfishnessand violencewill, in fact, end.

    Join with the Spirit and Act! 2008

  • Got by the one goat, suckled by the same nanna, one twitch, one nature makes us oldworld kin.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • In return, while you rest in the security of your oldworld sim, the Apprentice scours the world for new discoveries and shares them with you, so you may both soon head out on new journeys together, learning from each other and bettering each other's Second—and even First!

    Master and Apprentice - SLOG 2005

  • In return, while you rest in the security of your oldworld sim, the Apprentice scours the world for new discoveries and shares them with you, so you may both soon head out on new journeys together, learning from each other and bettering each other's Second—and even First!

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • It had a mellow JL bow-fronted fa9ade and an oldworld atmosphere.

    Sleeping Murder Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1976

  • It was a country of rolling moors, lonely and dun-coloured, with an occasional church tower to mark the site of some oldworld village.

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

  • It was a country of rolling moors, lonely and dun-coloured, with an occasional church tower to mark the site of some oldworld village.

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

  • It was a country of rolling moors, lonely and dun-coloured, with an occasional church tower to mark the site of some oldworld village.

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

  • Here was a vast mission-hall, there a still vaster brewery; on the right, the quiet entrance to the oldworld quiet of

    Sir George Tressady — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885

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