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  • Speaking at the Academy of Music during a rainstorm on November 20, he outdrew the great British actress Fanny Kemble, attracting a turnaway crowd of 1,500 to her 200.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Speaking at the Academy of Music during a rainstorm on November 20, he outdrew the great British actress Fanny Kemble, attracting a turnaway crowd of 1,500 to her 200.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Critics also blamed Jellicoe for not plunging forward, Beatty style, in pursuit of Scheer after the first German turnaway.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Commenting on the much-criticised turnaway rate at polling stations, Schori said that in 40 percent of polling stations his observers had visited, the percentage of voters turned away during two days of polls was only six percent "which is pretty normal."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • He said the turnaway rate was only six percent "which is pretty normal."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • On the 15th of February he wrote to his sister-in-law from Liverpool that they had had "an enormous turnaway" the previous night.

    The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

  • It was a turnaway crowd from 8 p.m. until closing during the last night of business at Paddy Bugatti's in the Continental Inn, Saturday, April 13.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Staff Writer 2010

  • It was a turnaway crowd from 8 p.m. until closing during the last night of business at Paddy Bugatti's in the Continental Inn, Saturday, April 13.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Staff Writer 2010

  • It was a turnaway crowd from 8 p.m. until closing during the last night of business at Paddy Bugatti's in the Continental Inn, Saturday, April 13.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Staff Writer 2010

  • It was a turnaway crowd from 8 p.m. until closing during the last night of business at Paddy Bugatti's in the Continental Inn, Saturday, April 13.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Staff Writer 2010

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