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  • In one of the neighborhoods I lived in there was a classic corner candy store, one that had a long formica counter flanked by revolving red-topped stools; behind the counter was perched a sea-green malted mixer, a bleacher stacked with Neccos, Chuckles, B-B Bats and Yoo-Hoos, a large tarnished griddle upon which hamburger patties and home fries hissed and popped, and the whole space seemingly lit in sepia.

    Steven Weber: In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy! Steven Weber 2011

  • In one of the neighborhoods I lived in there was a classic corner candy store, one that had a long formica counter flanked by revolving red-topped stools; behind the counter was perched a sea-green malted mixer, a bleacher stacked with Neccos, Chuckles, B-B Bats and Yoo-Hoos, a large tarnished griddle upon which hamburger patties and home fries hissed and popped, and the whole space seemingly lit in sepia.

    Steven Weber: In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy! Steven Weber 2011

  • They, the barons of the media with their red-topped assassins, are the biggest beasts in the modern jungle.

    Politics blog live - Thursday 9 September 2010

  • Meanwhile, flocks of red-topped, blue-bottomed young women on the day shift filled the road, riding their bikes in.

    China Makes, The World Takes 2007

  • Meanwhile, flocks of red-topped, blue-bottomed young women on the day shift filled the road, riding their bikes in.

    China Makes, The World Takes 2007

  • He has in fact run his press department and indeed in my view the government very much like the roughest red-topped tabloid newspaper since the moment he walked into Downing Street and obtained the special powers which he had until he resigned.

    CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2004 2004

  • He has in fact run his press department and indeed in my view the government very much like the roughest red-topped tabloid newspaper since the moment he walked into Downing Street and obtained the special powers which he had until he resigned.

    CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2004 2004

  • But the map on the wall that had recorded the progress of the war had stopped at Gallipoli, where a last red-topped pin signed Suvla Bay.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • But the map on the wall that had recorded the progress of the war had stopped at Gallipoli, where a last red-topped pin signed Suvla Bay.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • Then a red-topped, 6-5, 250-pound distraction moved toward him.

    Edmonds a big deal for Cards 2000

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