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Judith Harris, author of "Pompeii Awakened," said Pompeii was a pleasure-loving mercantile town, at the mouth of a river by the sea, somewhat like New Orleans today.
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Judith Harris, author of "Pompeii Awakened," said Pompeii was a pleasure-loving mercantile town, at the mouth of a river by the sea, somewhat like New Orleans today.
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And Mr. Heubisch emphasizes the new director's bona fides in pleasure-loving Munich by announcing that "he's a guy who can enjoy a glass of wine and a good dinner" at an Italian restaurant.
Conducting a Transfer of Power J.S. Marcus 2011
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I used to marvel at the way Geneviève parented: how she pushed her stroller down cobblestones the size of grapefruits without twisting an ankle, and how she managed like many French parents to be simultaneously severe and laissez-faire, private but pleasure-loving.
Debra Ollivier: Mothers Superior: From China To France, It's Childhood That Counts Debra Ollivier 2011
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Judith Harris, author of "Pompeii Awakened," said Pompeii was a pleasure-loving mercantile town, at the mouth of a river by the sea, somewhat like New Orleans today.
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The "reputedly pleasure-loving" French president, as a Foreign Office profile explained, was "not a doctrinaire socialist" but "has few personal friends and is not much inclined to share confidences".
Gems from National Archives unearthed after the 30-year rule 2011
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It will further reinforce the view many have of the US as a pleasure-loving, lazy, fat culture with no will zur macht.
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I used to marvel at the way Geneviève parented: how she pushed her stroller down cobblestones the size of grapefruits without twisting an ankle, and how she managed like many French parents to be simultaneously severe and laissez-faire, private but pleasure-loving.
Debra Ollivier: Mothers Superior: From China To France, It's Childhood That Counts Debra Ollivier 2011
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Lively, pretty, and pleasure-loving, Carie had married the saintly younger brother of the minister in her hometown of Hillsboro, West Virginia, because he was preparing to go as a missionary to China, and she wanted to give herself to God.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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Lively, pretty, and pleasure-loving, Carie had married the saintly younger brother of the minister in her hometown of Hillsboro, West Virginia, because he was preparing to go as a missionary to China, and she wanted to give herself to God.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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