10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVUNCULARLY»
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avuncularly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
avuncularly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World
The message, never stated but avuncularly implied, is that America's values ought to reflect those of the Walt Disney Company, and not the other way around." BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Carl Hiaasen's Bad Monkey.
2
Not Exactly Ghosts and Fires Burn Blue
Yours avuncularly - Matthew Judeson P.S. - You will find several improvements
at Saintsend. The Conservancy people refused to let me root out those pollarded
willows from the river bank; so I have blotted out all view of them by continuing ...
3
Shores of the Mediterranean, with sketches of travel
... a naval officer is discovered in the gardens benevolently aiding a poor old
seaman : both look as if they would never give up any ships, and the Capitol
smiles upon them paternally, I should say avuncularly. Very grand playbills are
issued, ...
4
Hunt's Yachting Magazine
Alhambra. By ill luck however the Due de Montpensier was expected with the
Compte de Paris to whom he was avuncularly exhibiting the lions of Seville, and
scarcely had a couple of negatives been secured when with a clatter and a dash
...
5
Violent Geographies: Fear, Terror, and Political Violence
Freud, in a 1927 essay, “Fetishism,” bluntly, categorically, and even strangely
avuncularly, gets right to his point by declaring that across all of his male cases
the meaning and purpose of the fetish was the same—a penis substitute (Freud ...
Derek Gregory, Allan Richard Pred, 2007
“That depends on you.” Darius' surprise was evident in his briefly widened eyes. “
I wasn't expecting that,” he conceded. “You probably think I enjoy my work,” Sima
said avuncularly. “That could be another assumption based on flimsy facts.” ...
7
Zow: (and Two Others) Short Stories from Cameroon
Apart from being the chief's nephew, he was also the heir apparent to the throne
royal ofthe village because our succession system is avuncularly matrilineal.
Everybody who was anybody in the village went to bed 13 Chapter Three.
Richard C. Kumengisa, 2012
8
Judge Sentences: Tales from the Bench
“Start at the beginning, Mr. Sacco,” I said avuncularly, leaning over the bench. “
One night I went to the laundromat, and this woman was there,” he said, nodding
toward Ms. Rose, who still did not look up. “She asked me if I could change a ...
I said avuncularly. He obeyed, and as he rolled up his sleeve I saw that his arm
was lined with scars very neatly arranged in parallel rows. There was something
shocking about this scarification, and something beautiful as well. I thought of the
...
10
Chokecherry Places: Essays from the High Plains
The English even had a folk tune about the battle. Hardy hummed and whispered
it as he lingered on the historic bridge and ambled avuncularly through the town.
But to his amazement no one about the place — shopkeepers, strollers — was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AVUNCULARLY»
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avuncularly is used in the context of the following news items.
Three speeches, three futures
The Congress looked at its potential leader avuncularly. There was a sense of hope, and of modest expectation. On the other hand, the BJP ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
Madison County Commission turns deaf ear to a school plan worthy …
That, almost avuncularly, was the advice given by Phil Riddick of District 5, who also invoked the philosophy of the great American poet Kenny ... «AL.com, Jan 15»
'Land Ho!' a picturesque trip to Iceland
... voice who believes in dressing up for dinner, relaxing with a little weed and avuncularly quizzing honeymooners he meets in a motel lobby. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug 14»
BWW Reviews: POL POT Is a Precocious Puzzlebox
... Daniel Corey's adept Tod is a normalizing audience stand-in as a raisonneur, and the difficult role of Fiver the avuncularly-treated shaman of ... «Broadway World, Aug 14»
Watermen: A Dirty Business, BBC Two
Sean stoically and avuncularly waited till the kids were all shivering before closing it off again. And then there's the reservoirs, where swimming ... «The Arts Desk, Apr 14»
'Masters of Fire,' a Trove of Copper Age Artifacts From Israel
A third, sporting a mustache, avuncularly perches atop a clay pot. Is this how death itself was imagined or how particular individuals were ... «New York Times, Feb 14»
Amartya Sen and his seven wishes at the JLF
Sen's humour is avuncularly self-deprecating but that does not mean he cannot deliver zingers. He used Adam Smith to rebut those who deride ... «Firstpost, Jan 14»
Pretty, Happy: Neil LaBute Takes His Listless Characters as Far as …
... of an émigré's life, it is a slight but pleasant amuse-bouche for what follows, and it is compellingly, avuncularly told by Martin Moran. The final ... «New York Observer, Jun 13»
From Early Tales to Wit and Song
... either one of its mirrors or the fan shape left by a car's windshield wiper. And guess what? In Mr. Bordo's avuncularly witty style, it works. «Wall Street Journal, Mar 13»
A case for English in Pakistan
... that students of English medium schools are generally far ahead of students of Urdu medium schools avuncularly in higher study courses. «The Express Tribune, Jan 13»
