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And I would extend the "leave this space alone" rule to the notices of events around campus that eager-beaver work study students (I assume) post on the stall doors.
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"OK, keep an eye on Peggy," he says, referring to Elisabeth Moss 'character, who's evolved from eager-beaver partner to feminist this season.
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The opening scene was of a body found in a swamp, slapped on the exam table, with an eager-beaver troop of Woodchucks standing by.
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In high school, as an eager-beaver reader, I turned out dozens of enthusiastic if naïve book reviews, filling the exercise book meant expressly for this purpose, long before I was meant to.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The magic country of childhood reading 2009
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An investigator operating alone could be too easily accused of planting evidence by an eager-beaver defense attorney.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010
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An investigator operating alone could be too easily accused of planting evidence by an eager-beaver defense attorney.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010
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Here is where the sea formed anew, and widened, and deepened, and where sediments from another river, and the carcasses of microorganisms, were deposited, buried, baked, until finally -- the enchanting payoff of the story if you're an eager-beaver oil executive -- the organic matter turned into oil.
BP disaster: Rare mix of geological factors created rich but dangerous reserves 2010
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Voters arriving at their early polling places in Prince George's County last week said they were stormed by eager-beaver candidates and campaign workers who pushed literature into their hands before they had a chance to put them up in protest.
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Here is where the sea formed anew, and widened, and deepened, and where sediments from another river, and the carcasses of microorganisms, were deposited, buried, baked, until finally -- the enchanting payoff of the story if you're an eager-beaver oil executive -- the organic matter turned into oil.
Rare mix of geological factors created rich but dangerous reserves 2010
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Here is where the sea formed anew, and widened, and deepened, and where sediments from another river, and the carcasses of microorganisms, were deposited, buried, baked, until finally -- the enchanting payoff of the story if you're an eager-beaver oil executive -- the organic matter turned into oil.
Where the oil is 2010
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