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  • That is difficult to do when we are served by a media which is informative primarily in thirtysecond flashes - "the world comes to an end, details at eleven".

    Perspectives on Politics 1985

  • As long as they stick to being administration mouthpieces, they have the drawback that the thirtysecond soundbite approach requires an abandonment of discorse and a definite video/audio bias in its presentation.

    Firedoglake » Beggars and Thieves 2006

  • So he used one thirtysecond piece on a long tube of fruit juice and some succulent slices of a rind-melon, found himself an inconspicuous spot in one lounge area, and settled to listen as he sipped his drink and ate.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • So he used one thirtysecond piece on a long tube of fruit juice and some succulent slices of a rind-melon, found himself an inconspicuous spot in one lounge area, and settled to listen as he sipped his drink and ate.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • ‘She shouldn’t see me like this,’ he mubbled, ‘not all fat and on her thirtysecond birthday.’

    In His Own Write John Lennon 2000

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