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He was still in the air and in most unstable equilibrium, when the teamster hurled a thirty-pound lump of coal.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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He was still in the air and in most unstable equilibrium, when the teamster hurled a thirty-pound lump of coal.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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This very act, this art form, of moving silently through total darkness, on an unblazed trail with a thirty-pound pack in hostile territory was perhaps the most difficult thing for a Special Forces soldier to master.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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So today I did not write but went an hour early to Kingston to get three thirty-pound bags of PA-PURR, the biodegradable cat litter.
Gail Godwin's 'Solo Notes' Journal: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Alexandra Carr 2010
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Adding to the hilarity: the physical therapy facility did not have ADA-compliant doors, so leaving or coming in, for that matter required yanking open two thirty-pound glass doors.
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Mr. Whalen seemed to be a perpetual sixty-five, but he was lean and wiry and could haul a thirty-pound sack of dog food and still carry his canteen and leather pouch while holding on to Charlie's leash.
Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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No product was too lowly or obscure not to warrant space on the packed shelves -- doll carriages, power drills, bow-and-arrow sets for real and for play, and, of course, cans and thirty-pound sacks of dog food.
Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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So today I did not write but went an hour early to Kingston to get three thirty-pound bags of PA-PURR, the biodegradable cat litter.
Gail Godwin's 'Solo Notes' Journal: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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Mr. Whalen seemed to be a perpetual sixty-five, but he was lean and wiry and could haul a thirty-pound sack of dog food and still carry his canteen and leather pouch while holding on to Charlie's leash.
Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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No product was too lowly or obscure not to warrant space on the packed shelves -- doll carriages, power drills, bow-and-arrow sets for real and for play, and, of course, cans and thirty-pound sacks of dog food.
Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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