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About the middle of the afternoon, as Rodney was helping to unpack a crate of goods, the older boy whom he had already seen in the office below, walked up to him and said, "Is your name Ropes?"
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About the middle of the afternoon, as Rodney was helping to unpack a crate of goods, the older boy whom he had already seen in the office below, walked up to him and said, "Is your name Ropes?"
Cast Upon the Breakers Horatio Alger 1865
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NYC based duo The Ropes are the beautifully named vocalist / bassist Sharon Shy (love to see her birth certificate) and the less brilliantly monickered multi-instrumentalist Toppy whose party piece is apparently to play drums with his guitar hanging around his neck.
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In descending a cliff, two ropes are used; one a supply well-made, many-stranded, inch rope (see "Ropes"), to which the climber is attached, and by which he is let down; the other is a much thinner cord, left to dangle over the cliff, and made fast to some stone or stake above.
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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'Ropes' (whose percussive sound will ring more than a few bells with any Dodos fans listening), 'The Axiom' and the orchestral-turned-glitch enjoyable oddness of 'Madame Shocking'.
FREEDOM EDEN 2009
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The melodic channels running through "Ropes" galvanize the instruments into orchestral rock clusters, and the twittering flutters that bloom across
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"Ropes," said Mr. Goodnow, "your innocence has been established.
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"Ropes," said Mr. Goodnow, "your innocence has been established.
Cast Upon the Breakers Horatio Alger 1865
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He passed on inside information from his firm along with Brien Santarlas , another former Ropes & Gray lawyer who also has pleaded guilty to criminal charges, prosecutors said.
Ex-Lawyer Gets 2½-Year Term in Insider-Trading Probe Chad Bray 2011
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Ropes & Gray has said it was "actively cooperating" with the probe and that the actions by Mr. Cutillo and Mr. Santarlas violated its policies.
Ex-Lawyer Gets 2½-Year Term in Insider-Trading Probe Chad Bray 2011
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