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In our tenth year of military occupation, that's how well we understand Afghanistan - that a random shop-keeper from another country can convince us he is the most important person there to negotiate with.
Johann Hari: The Troops in Afghanistan Really Are Being Betrayed -- By the Politicians Who Keep Them There Johann Hari 2011
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In our tenth year of military occupation, that's how well we understand Afghanistan - that a random shop-keeper from another country can convince us he is the most important person there to negotiate with.
Johann Hari: The Troops in Afghanistan Really Are Being Betrayed -- By the Politicians Who Keep Them There Johann Hari 2011
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I am staring at the shop-keeper equivalent to the giant man inside the smart car.
The Garden Heaters Of Kilburn Craig Stone 2012
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The Creoles, seeking occasion against the capitulators of Spain, and seeking to declare their independence, opportunistically seized on the arrogant Spanish shop-keeper by asking him for something they knew he would refuse: a flower vase.
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Richard Twopeny, in his book “Town Life in Australia” noted that the rule of Australian society was to avoid asking questions about or making reference to the early days of a colonist – it was likely that a society leader and her husband were formerly a scullery maid and shop-keeper, respectively.
The Season: Colonies & Commonwealths | Edwardian Promenade 2009
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I'd been a teacher, an accountant, a retail shop-keeper, a web site designer.
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I'd been a teacher, an accountant, a retail shop-keeper, a web site designer.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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The old shop-keeper deliberately planted himself and his horse in front of the rider and was carried home with a broken leg or arm.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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I could have been very happy as a shop-keeper of a store that sells exotic imports, housewares and trinkets from around the world.
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Ordinarily, when an insurrection commences, when the shop-keeper hears the drum, the call to arms, the general alarm, he contents himself with the remark: — “There appears to be a squabble in the Rue Saint – Martin.”
Les Miserables 2008
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