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I stood a long time, enveloped in the entrancing quiet building up around "Big Moby Dick" with the thick snowfall, then awoke with a jolt to the sounds of cars whose slow-turning tires were crunching up and down a barely drivable Broadway.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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I stood a long time, enveloped in the entrancing quiet building up around "Big Moby Dick" with the thick snowfall, then awoke with a jolt to the sounds of cars whose slow-turning tires were crunching up and down a barely drivable Broadway.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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I stood a long time, enveloped in the entrancing quiet building up around "Big Moby Dick" with the thick snowfall, then awoke with a jolt to the sounds of cars whose slow-turning tires were crunching up and down a barely drivable Broadway.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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There's a slow-turning, mirror-coated carousel ("Mirror Carousel," 2005), computerized goggles that flip everything so you see the world upside-down ("Upside Down Glasses," 2001), and a tank of fish designed so that you can lie down and pretend you're underwater ("Aquarium," 1996).
ARTINFO: Carsten Holler and the Slippery Slope of Relational Aesthetics ARTINFO 2012
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A large, slow-turning engine under the hood wafting you down the road.
New Lexus Puts the Comfy 'Land Yacht' to Rest Joseph B. White 2011
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I stood a long time, enveloped in the entrancing quiet building up around "Big Moby Dick" with the thick snowfall, then awoke with a jolt to the sounds of cars whose slow-turning tires were crunching up and down a barely drivable Broadway.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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Her disregard for humanity has turned her into a slow-turning tornado that feeds on air and light.
Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010
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Emotional and spiritual healing is certainly possible, but it happens far more like rehab than the miracle surgery, far more like the slow-turning rheostat bringing light incrementally than a light switch.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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Emotional and spiritual healing is certainly possible, but it happens far more like rehab than the miracle surgery, far more like the slow-turning rheostat bringing light incrementally than a light switch.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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The polished Saltillo tiles of the lobby were so glossy they reflected the slow-turning ceiling fans.
Kook Peter Heller 2010
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