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  • Throw in a damned nifty script, some superb dream sequences the Freddy snake, the tongue-ties on Joey, the junkyard skeleton, and you've got a damned fine flick.

    Offline until tonight yendi 2006

  • So dearly do we love our own voice that we cannot bear to hear it mixed with that of others -- perhaps drowned; and then our bashfulness tongue-ties us in the hush expectant of our "golden opinions," when all eyes are turned to the speechless "old man eloquent," and you might hear a tangle dishevelling itself in Neæra's hair.

    Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819

  • He has ground to make up with Russian Spirit on his latest run but this stiffer track will suit and although connections have been experimenting with various combinations of tongue-ties and bits of headgear this year, he basically seems to run better without any of it.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • There is no point in sitting back and allowing the Regressives to bring these issues to the table in a manner that seemingly hamstrings and tongue-ties what should and must be a progressive Liberal Party of Canada.

    Liblogs News Feed 2009

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