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  • It is significant that this was happening in Detroit, the once-proud capital of industrialization via the automobile.

    Why I Garden Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • Their once-proud ground game ranked just 19th in the NFL last season; more importantly, they weren't able to run when they wanted or needed to, such as in short yardage, red zone or to try to hold fourth-quarter leads.

    Pittsburgh Steelers Team Report 2010

  • I wondered what would happen to those 6,000 of us still there, the remnant of the 39,000 Jews who had formed this once-proud community -- that is, until the rioting sent people packing, many headed for the newly established State of Israel.

    David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew David Harris 2010

  • After quite a run at Stanford, Harbaugh will head some 10 miles along the 101 freeway from Stanford to turn around a once-proud franchise that is desperate to become a contender again right away.

    Stanford Football Coach Heading To San Francisco AP 2011

  • I wondered what would happen to those 6,000 of us still there, the remnant of the 39,000 Jews who had formed this once-proud community -- that is, until the rioting sent people packing, many headed for the newly established State of Israel.

    David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew* David Harris 2010

  • I wondered what would happen to those 6,000 of us still there, the remnant of the 39,000 Jews who had formed this once-proud community -- that is, until the rioting sent people packing, many headed for the newly established State of Israel.

    David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew David Harris 2010

  • I wondered what would happen to those 6,000 of us still there, the remnant of the 39,000 Jews who had formed this once-proud community -- that is, until the rioting sent people packing, many headed for the newly established State of Israel.

    David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew* David Harris 2010

  • It was an aged norn male, his once-proud figure stooped a bit, his head bald, his eyes enfolded in rings.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • I wondered what would happen to those 6,000 of us still there, the remnant of the 39,000 Jews who had formed this once-proud community -- that is, until the rioting sent people packing, many headed for the newly established State of Israel.

    David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew David Harris 2010

  • After quite a run at Stanford, Harbaugh will head some 10 miles along the 101 freeway from Stanford to turn around a once-proud franchise that is desperate to become a contender again right away.

    Stanford Football Coach Heading To San Francisco AP 2011

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