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  • "You can do it with that fat girl over there-the one what squints."

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • All of the classic tropes are there-the superpowers, the arch-nemesis, the problems of concealing a secret identity, even a kind of love triangle (love quadrangle?) where Danny loves one girl who adores his superhero alter ego and despises his civilian self, and is drawn to another girl who likes his civilian identity just fine but has pledged vengeance against his superheroic self.

    MIND MELD: The Best Superhero Movie and TV Show 2008

  • He met her eyes, and she saw the man he had once been, almost hidden in those pudgy eyes swollen through lack of sleep, but still there-the man who had been full of laughter, unbowed by the cares of the world.

    Chasing Jerohim « A Fly in Amber 2008

  • Regarding vacation/time off b/c I've totally been there-the world will not end.

    Tiny Steps and Vacation Amanda@Lady Scientist 2009

  • It was all there-the rage, the resentment, the hostility toward the press as a wing of "the liberal establishment."

    The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall And Rise Of N 2008

  • It is a mosque, and for nearly a million Muslims in and around New York City it is -- apart from small converted storefronts and brownstones scattered here and there-the first one they have ever had.

    A Minaret Over Manhattan 2008

  • It's because people fight over everything there-the yuppies freaking out over everything on Curbed and Brownstoner.

    The Incredibly Shrinking Native Manhattanite in Manhattan 2008

  • But if you look at the menu of things that are out there-the thing called "Pozen price indexing," which slows the benefits at the upper end [of the income scale], or if you raise the normal retirement age from 67 to 68 ... a combination of things easily brings the system into balance over the long term.

    McCain's Brain 2008

  • Just seeing her up there-the world's most famous performer-whipped my endorphins into a frenzy.

    Madonna Square Garden 2007

  • You can throw your fist in the air and get way out there-the way young people have in every heroic struggle for justice and liberation in the past-bringing hope to people around the world and challenging and inspiring others to resist throughout society.

    Back to School During Wartime 2007

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