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The unknown quantity in my reckonings was the time it would take Clubfoot to send out a warning all over Germany to detain Julius Zimmermann, waiter and deserter, wherever and whenever apprehended.

The Man with the Clubfoot Valentine Williams 1914

The office was no sinecure either, for he had to write up all the records with his own hand; and when he had done his "reckonings" at the custom-house, he returned with delight to his favourite studies at home -- poring over his books until his eyes were "dazed" and dull.

Character Samuel Smiles 1858

Ressentiment warps his reckonings with his hardships and opportunities.

Jim Sleeper: Behind The Snarking About OWS Jim Sleeper 2011

By some reckonings, Christine O'Donnell had a bit of a rocky time at her Delaware Senate debate with Dem Chris Coons last night.

Sarah Palin advisers prepped Christine O'Donnell for debate Greg Sargent 2010

The ending is a series of dramatic reckonings, staged with the speed and precision of toppling dominoes.

The Comic-Grotesque Goes North Sam Sacks 2011

It is, by some reckonings, a liberal oasis in an increasingly conservative desert.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

By a couple of different reckonings, the game is losing one million golfers a year, net.

The Battle for the Soul of the Game John Paul Newport 2012

It is, by some reckonings, a liberal oasis in an increasingly conservative desert.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

It is becoming clearer and clearer that the vast majority of “jobs saved” were in government, and in effect the stimulus merely had the effect of bailing out state governments that were able to use stimulus money to put off their budget reckonings.

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It is, by some reckonings, a liberal oasis in an increasingly conservative desert.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011