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  • Each boat was different from the next and outfitted for two-person crews, heralded by banners brandishing their pictures, men and women that would soon take the helm and lead these boats on a ninety-day race around the world.

    Chauncey Zalkin: The Only American in the Race Chauncey Zalkin 2011

  • She had said she was in a ninety-day treatment program, but it had been more than ninety days since she left Mason with Holly.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • She had said she was in a ninety-day treatment program, but it had been more than ninety days since she left Mason with Holly.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • She had said she was in a ninety-day treatment program, but it had been more than ninety days since she left Mason with Holly.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • Each boat was different from the next and outfitted for two-person crews, heralded by banners brandishing their pictures, men and women that would soon take the helm and lead these boats on a ninety-day race around the world.

    Chauncey Zalkin: The Only American in the Race Chauncey Zalkin 2011

  • A halfhearted suicide attempt when he was in his twenties, just a cry for help most likely, but then another one, a real one, during a ninety-day stint in a county lockup in Louisiana—this page was dog-eared, as was his psych evaluation from the time.

    The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010

  • A halfhearted suicide attempt when he was in his twenties, just a cry for help most likely, but then another one, a real one, during a ninety-day stint in a county lockup in Louisiana—this page was dog-eared, as was his psych evaluation from the time.

    The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010

  • Shadrack had completed his ninety-day stint in solitary confinement, for boiling feces, naming it chili and serving it to corrections officers, with a dash of oregano.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Mrs. Obama marshaled the full force of the White House, complete with an executive order signed by the president to “create a ninety-day plan that allows optimal coordination as we move forward.”

    The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010

  • A halfhearted suicide attempt when he was in his twenties, just a cry for help most likely, but then another one, a real one, during a ninety-day stint in a county lockup in Louisiana—this page was dog-eared, as was his psych evaluation from the time.

    The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010

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