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  • Spade slowly and sourly unraveling the web of lies leading him to the rain-slicked ruins of Ġgantija, where lounges the cunning Maltese Unicorn itself, using virgins as salt-licks -- and is that a carrot in Sam's pocket?

    "...moments before its skies rained down on me." greygirlbeast 2010

  • Spade slowly and sourly unraveling the web of lies leading him to the rain-slicked ruins of Ġgantija, where lounges the cunning Maltese Unicorn itself, using virgins as salt-licks -- and is that a carrot in Sam's pocket?

    "...moments before its skies rained down on me." greygirlbeast 2010

  • The Friday morning rush hour was a challenge as subway lines experienced delays and traffic slowed on rain-slicked roadways.

    5 Dead As Torrential Rainfall Drenches East Coast The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The rain-slicked streets are empty, the students gone.

    It's Mariachi Time Sumathi Reddy 2011

  • The Friday morning rush hour was a challenge as subway lines experienced delays and traffic slowed on rain-slicked roadways.

    5 Dead As Torrential Rainfall Drenches East Coast Nick Graham 2010

  • The Friday morning rush hour was a challenge as subway lines experienced delays and traffic slowed on rain-slicked roadways.

    5 Dead As Torrential Rainfall Drenches East Coast Nick Graham 2010

  • Clouzot's greatest foray into the genre was the glittering noir "Quai des Orfèvres" (1947)—set in rain-slicked streets, seedy music halls and the eponymous Paris police station—in which three people, none evil but all capable of committing the crime, separately visit the home of a sleazy rich man on the night of his murder and then scramble to escape a colorful detective (Louis Jouvet) and their own obsessions.

    A French Director Ripe for Rediscovery Kristin M. Jones 2011

  • CHIAVENNA, Italy (AP) Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway won the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, beating four other riders in a sprint finish on a rain-slicked road.

    Boasson Hagen takes stage win; Di Luca keeps Giro lead 2009

  • The Friday morning rush hour was a challenge as subway lines experienced delays and traffic slowed on rain-slicked roadways.

    5 Dead As Torrential Rainfall Drenches East Coast Nick Graham 2010

  • The Friday morning rush hour was a challenge as subway lines experienced delays and traffic slowed on rain-slicked roadways.

    5 Dead As Torrential Rainfall Drenches East Coast Nick Graham 2010

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