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Flouncing away your old astroturf troll and avatar rum-runner and vegetarian vampire Frank Persol
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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The ship in question was a 45 foot sloop built during the late prohibition to be a pleasure cruise rum-runner.
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Too much to compete with for old Joe the adulterous rum-runner and his ambitious offspring!
Think Progress » Jeb Bush Reveals His “Mystical Warrior” Friend 2005
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Among the glittering casinos and shining hotels are pockets of living history, including the Ritz, restaurants with trap doors, taffy assembly lines, rum-runner houses and even a six-story elephant that once served as a tavern and beacon for bootleggers.
NYT > Home Page By HELENE STAPINSKI 2011
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The rum-runner became the pride of the modest fleet of the British Columbia Provincial Police.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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Launched in the mid-1980s as part of the Caribbean firm founded by the late great Canadian rum-runner Sam Bronfman, the brand, with its cheery buccaneer mascot, now accounts for 75 per cent of the category's volume.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BEPPI CROSARIOL 2011
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Next door is the Troller Pub, a fitting neighbour for a rum-runner's prop.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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The rum-runner became the pride of the modest fleet of the British Columbia Provincial Police.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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Next door is the Troller Pub, a fitting neighbour for a rum-runner's prop.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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(Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
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