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  • Then, as though suddenly recalling Foma, he turned to him, clasping his hands behind his back, and, wriggling his thigh, said:

    The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

  • Then, as though suddenly recalling Foma, he turned to him, clasping his hands behind his back, and, wriggling his thigh, said:

    The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902

  • In Entropia, which is an asteroid, Panasjuk is the avatar John "Foma" Kalun, who has been a player for a decade.

    Paying A Fortune For Virtual Property Oliver Chiang 2010

  • "Foma," by the way, is very successful, but only with intelligent well-read people -- with the young also.

    Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • I have read "Foma" only in bits, now I shall read it properly.

    Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • Foma was fed better lines by a far better writer than the one Obama has behind the curtain.

    Obama fatigue 2010

  • The occasion of the interview was publication of essays, under a title that was another barrage of neologism: "Wampeters, Foma and Grand Falloons."

    April 2007 2007

  • The occasion of the interview was publication of essays, under a title that was another barrage of neologism: "Wampeters, Foma and Grand Falloons."

    * 2007

  • Foma designates January as "national just read more novels month".

    December 2007 Maxine 2007

  • Their farewell show was June 19 at the Bluebird w/Bad Weather California and Foma (from San Francisco) 16.

    Father Guido Sarducci IV: Soundcheck: Special End-of-Decade Edition 2009

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