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"Mayor Yearns to Be Columnist," the American reported above a three-column photo of LaGuardia presenting my mother with a five-foot-long pencil in recognition of her column, called "With a Penny Pencil," which he offered to guest edit.
Al Eisele: How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago Al Eisele 2011
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"Mayor Yearns to Be Columnist," the American reported above a three-column photo of LaGuardia presenting my mother with a five-foot-long pencil in recognition of her column, called "With a Penny Pencil," which he offered to guest edit.
Al Eisele: How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago Al Eisele 2011
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Reins in one hand, five-foot-long mallet in the other, you must somehow hit a 3.5-inch ball while balancing on a beast that is galloping across an open field, dodging opponents all the way.
Polo's Dark Horse David Kaufman 2011
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A photographer friend, Marty Stupich, had taken pictures of the cliff from an airplane and enlarged them in a five-foot-long photograph on which I could mark the nests of cliff-dwelling birds.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A photographer friend, Marty Stupich, had taken pictures of the cliff from an airplane and enlarged them in a five-foot-long photograph on which I could mark the nests of cliff-dwelling birds.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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One afternoon, she reports to Lowell, a five-foot-long snake passed by with the feet of a baby bird waving feebly in his mouth, the parent birds shrieking and having hysterics.
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One afternoon, she reports to Lowell, a five-foot-long snake passed by with the feet of a baby bird waving feebly in his mouth, the parent birds shrieking and having hysterics.
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They cheered when they saw Doctor Proctor emerge from the house balancing a tray with a five-foot-long Jello-O on it.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Martin Mejia/Associated Press Perhaps the most ingenious device developed by rescuers is the paloma -- or pigeon, as in carrier pigeon -- a five-foot-long hollow cylinder that works like a pneumatic tube.
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The five-foot-long rupture was just three or four feet above the passenger windows.
Southwest's Solo Flight in Crisis Timothy W. Martin 2011
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