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Inside the temple, rows of white silk-wrapped boxes holding the cremated remains of dozens of those who died in the waves flanked a massive gold image of the Buddha on a red throne.
A Day to Bid Farewell to Tsunami Dead Gordon Fairclough 2011
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Other objects bespeak long use, most notably a Byzantine micromosaic of the Man of Sorrows, set within an Italian 14th-century "triptych" of tiny pigeon holes stuffed with silk-wrapped, neatly labeled relics, in a Renaissance frame.
Where Revered Relics Repose Karen Wilkin 2011
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Put the three together and you too could be the proud owner of the leather-bound, silk-wrapped and autographed 512-page collector's edition of Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page, the long-awaited autobiography by the famously secretive guitarist of Led Zeppelin – one of the most popular and influential bands in the history of rock music.
Jimmy Page's autobiography: £445 is a whole lotta money to pay 2010
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Kellen clutched the silk-wrapped bundle tighter and followed.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Led Zeppelin fans will have to stump up £445 for guitarist's leather-bound, silk-wrapped and autographed 512-page memoir
Jimmy Page's autobiography: £445 is a whole lotta money to pay 2010
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Mallis was wearing silk-wrapped bangles from India that cost less than a dollar, as well as rocking TOMS shoes.
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Dorothea put the cup down, and reached for the silk-wrapped tarot cards.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Dorothea put the cup down, and reached for the silk-wrapped tarot cards.
The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007
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She met his gaze, cried out with dismay and dashed awkwardly from sight like a silk-wrapped scuttling dog.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006
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She met his gaze, cried out with dismay and dashed awkwardly from sight like a silk-wrapped scuttling dog.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006
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