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Anglo-Saxon stock, a rarity in the exceptional smallness and fineness of hand and foot and bone and grace of flesh and carriage -- some throw-back across the face of time to the foraying
CHAPTER I 2010
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree; inside every "lazy" child lies a throw-back, perhaps to his parents' happy-go-lucky childhood, when, so we're told, they roamed hither and thither with barely a care in the world.
School holidays: Please, Mr Gove, leave our summer break alone! 2011
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Sen. DeMint is a prominent leader of the New Confederacy ... tobacco, oil, guns, slaves, duct tape, no gay rights, no womens rights, more yachts for the rich (survival of the fattest), no food for the poor .. oh yeah, he's a throw-back .. all the way back.
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Last week's dinner was a fabulous throw-back to experiences of another generation.
Rozanne Gold: Marc Vetri: A Culinary Bodhisattva Rozanne Gold 2011
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Don't forget the Capitals will wear their throw-back Winter Classic jerseys for tonight's tilt against the Canadiens and that the game doesn't start until 7:30 p.m.
Bruce Boudreau on Dino Ciccarelli Katie Carrera 2011
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A throw-back restaurant with a family-run kitchen, original tile walls, formica table tops and home-cooked food.
London Diary 3 - The Food so Far aka TBTAM 2009
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Personally speaking, I think this is exactly why I like Twilight and other throw-back romance novels and classic Gothic literature.
WHY DO WOMEN LOVE VAMPIRES? | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Manners are probably seen as a Colonial throw-back or something! on June 24, 2009 at 7: 40 am | Reply Lee
Police Rudeness Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I don't know if that's what this symposium was really intending or not, but it's a realistic idea - not some laughable throw-back to 1960 that must be stopped at all costs.
Discourse.net: NYSBA Consideres 'Strengths and Weaknesses of Women' Lawyers 2010
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Last week's dinner was a fabulous throw-back to experiences of another generation.
Rozanne Gold: Marc Vetri: A Culinary Bodhisattva Rozanne Gold 2011
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