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  • The take after that was nixed by the soundman, as two of the standers-by next to him started a loud, animated conversation the minute the lights went on.

    Archive 2009-05-15 philip j cunningham 2009

  • Attempts to resuscitate the deceased were shouted down by standers-by who totally got off on its very public demise.

    The Opinuary Column mjs 2009

  • Up and down the street car alarms were crying like frightened babies, and standers-by looked up in shock.

    Obama and the Progressive: a Diary* mjs 2009

  • The take after that was nixed by the soundman, as two of the standers-by next to him started a loud, animated conversation the minute the lights went on.

    LOOKING FOR GORBACHEV philip j cunningham 2009

  • Up and down the street car alarms were crying like frightened babies, and standers-by looked up in shock.

    Archive 2009-09-06 2009

  • Attempts to resuscitate the deceased were shouted down by standers-by who totally got off on its very public demise.

    Archive 2009-08-09 SeattleDan 2009

  • Including the victims and the standers-by with the villains is just plain foolish and unhelpful.

    Name This Economic Disaster 2008

  • I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game.

    Looking back to 1711 2008

  • It had a historical trajectory involving villains, victims, and plain old standers-by.

    Name This Economic Disaster 2008

  • At the next change a bridle was a thing unheard of, and when I suggested that the creature would open her mouth voluntarily if the bit were pressed close to her teeth, the standers-by mockingly said,

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

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