10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASHEN-FACED»
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ashen-faced in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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5. ASHEN-FACED. DAISIES. WITH. JAUNDICED. EYES. Aberdeen: Saturday.
27July. 1991. Donald MacMillan is vaguely aware of the crunching granite chips
beneath his Jaguar's tyres as he draws up in front of the Rubislaw Den mansion.
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, peakish, ashen, ashen-
faced, ashy, chalky, chalk-white, grey, whitish, white-faced, whey-faced, waxen,
waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, green, ghastly, sickly, sallow, as white as a
sheet, ...
ashen-faced. airman. "Do not tell me your plans are not formulated far enough,"
Goering spat back in a low, guttural and threatening voice. "Who in the hell do
you think you are talking to, Field Marshal?" Goering popped the words out like ...
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Nightmare: From Literary Experiments to Cultural Project
Down it goes, hurling us, ashen- faced, into the dark depths, deep into that well
ofthe apse whose gorge has never been plumbed. Why do we turn pale now?
Why is our heart pounding, not just since we set out, but since receiving our first ...
Dina Khapaeva, Rosie Tweddle, 2012
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An Eyewitness Account of Gallipoli:
At dawn, the following morning, there were few of us left to, answer our names
when the roll was called— just a thin line of weary, ashen-faced men. e bodies
on the right we were unable to bury for some days, as we were so hard pressed
by ...
Tentatively the door opened, and Ruth, ashen faced and very nervous entered
the bar. “Ifyou please sir, Mr Smith says he does not need me here for the rest of
today. Henry interrupted before she could say more, “I know . . . . Ruth isn't it?
“throne” room where he was confronted by an ashen-faced Osama bin Laden. “
Out! Out! All of you out,” bin Laden shouted to his courtiers. “Except for Colonel
Madison, all of you out!” “What's wrong?” asked Buck, trying to retain his own ...
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Brother Andrew: God's Secret Agent
finally came to a halt, the officer beside Andrew jumped out, ashen-faced and
shaking. Meanwhile a gruff sergeant pulled open the driver's door of the Bren
and demanded to know what Andrew thought he was doing. "Driving to the motor
pool, ...
Janet Benge, Geoff Benge, 2006
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First Soldiers Down: Canada's Friendly Fire Deaths in ...
A training accident, KIAs and guys injured. He rolled out of bed, got dressed, and
ran to the command post. He saw Stogran standing over the radio console,
looking tired and ashen-faced. Peter Dawe was talking on the radio to Joe Jasper
, ...
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The Thing about Roy Fisher: Critical Studies
There seems no reason to question this, since one might well retire 'ashen-faced'
from the hairier sections of City and The Ship's Orchestra. I would argue that the
primary precursor text of City is not Paterson but The Waste Land. The sexuality ...
John Kerrigan, Peter Robinson, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASHEN-FACED»
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ashen-faced is used in the context of the following news items.
Bryan Wong reaches new heights
By the time it ended, an ashen-faced Wong was visibly trembling and soaked through with perspiration in the punishing heat. And you thought ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
Roy Andersson's Latest Out-of-Time Comedy Is a Light in the Dark
... the settings richly, amusingly drab and populated with ashen-faced schlubs who move so little that they could be Duane Hanson sculptures. «New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Jun 15»
Alexis Tsipras must be stopped: the underlying message of Europe's …
Leaders were by turns ashen-faced, resigned, desperate and pleading with Athens to think again and pull back from the abyss. There were ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Colourful tale of Irish temperament and tans
While we make the famously ashen-faced Elizabeth I look positively sallow-skinned in comparison. She had to slap on all sorts of leaden ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
The cruellest month
You see the odd, dazed-looking clutch of ashen-faced tourists wandering like zombies downtown and have to restrain yourself from running up ... «The Telegram, Jun 15»
15 years on, Childers tragedy brings tears for ex-mayor
THE haunting image of young, ashen-faced backpackers sitting on Churchill St, draped in blankets gazing up at the remnants of the Palace ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jun 15»
Eastern Airlines jet crashes at Kennedy Airport during a …
“I'm numb,” said the ashen-faced mayor. “it's a terrible tragedy.” Eastern Airlines reported before 6 p.m. that it had set up a control center for ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
Opinion: We don't trust politicians so why should one of them be …
I recall little more than a glimpse of an ashen-faced driver before she regained control and wobbled back onto the road. Then, along with a ... «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
Shaadaab S Bakht: Colour of prejudice is black
... to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun,” Obama said, joined at the podium by an ashen-faced Vice President Joe Biden. «Gulf Today, Jun 15»
Frustrated Obama urges US to re-examine gun culture
... like this too many times," he said in brief remarks from the White House podium, flanked by an equally ashen-faced Vice President Joe Biden. «The Sun Daily, Jun 15»
