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Virginia Tech left guard Greg Nosal earned tough-guy points on Saturday, postponing the reattachment of a torn-off tip of his left pinkie to keep playing.
Greg Nosal, Virginia Tech Left Guard, Loses FINGER Tip During Game The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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And in case you're wondering, he didn't choose the name Scarpetta after the Italian word for "little shoe" -- scarpetta is also the word for the little piece of torn-off bread we Italians use for swiping up the remaining sauce or soup from our plates.
Regina Varolli: Scott Conant Shares His Recipe for Spring Asparagus Soup Regina Varolli 2011
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A: Mr. Hildebrandt came up to the gate wearing torn-off shorts and a green safari jacket with lots of cargo pockets.
Famous Todd Strasser 2011
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Thurston opened his hand to reveal the telegram's torn-off top, which showed that it had originated a few towns back, in Cripple Creek.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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And in case you're wondering, he didn't choose the name Scarpetta after the Italian word for "little shoe" -- scarpetta is also the word for the little piece of torn-off bread we Italians use for swiping up the remaining sauce or soup from our plates.
Regina Varolli: Scott Conant Shares His Recipe for Spring Asparagus Soup Regina Varolli 2011
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Search operations that took place in the wake of the crash led to the recovery of 50 bodies as well as hundreds of pieces of the aircraft, including its torn-off tail, but the last search ended in May 2010 after it had failed to find the plane's voice and data recorders.
Air France 447 search yields fresh hope with discovery of debris on seabed 2011
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Greg Nosal earned tough-guy points on Saturday, postponing the reattachment of a torn-off tip of his left pinkie to keep playing.
Austan Goolsbee, the missing pinky and 'Mad Men' feminism: This week's top news tweets Katie Rogers 2010
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A: Mr. Hildebrandt came up to the gate wearing torn-off shorts and a green safari jacket with lots of cargo pockets.
Famous Todd Strasser 2011
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Thurston opened his hand to reveal the telegram's torn-off top, which showed that it had originated a few towns back, in Cripple Creek.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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The book has its dustjacket, but this is a little beat up — top and bottom wear, an incompletely torn-off (price?) sticker: otherwise OK.
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