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Petard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hoist by your own petard - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... Injured by the device that you intended to use to injure others. ... A petard is, or rather was, as they have long since fallen out of use, a small engine of war used to blow breaches in gates or walls. They were originally metallic and bell-shaped but...
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I was (as penance for my sins) reading back issues of the American Spectator in the Berkeley library, and I came across a marvelously funny column by its Washington correspondent, Tom Bethell: "Doubting Dada Physics," in the August 1993 issue (pp. 16-17). ... Hoisted from the Archives: Why Are Conservatives a...
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Definition of hoisted by own petard in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of hoisted by own petard. Pronunciation of hoisted by own petard. Translations of hoisted by own petard. hoisted by own petard synonyms, hoisted by own petard antonyms. ... Hoistaway; hoisted; hoisted; hoisted; hoisted; hoisted; Hoisted by my own...
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The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men ... How Howard Bragman, Hollywood’s coming-out guru, helps gay actors tell the truth ... The Assassination of Deputy Abel Escalante...
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Packaging of Yesteryear ... Accumulating in the family home over the past half century or more, is this collection of consumer products. These objects stocked the shelves in an ... Picture an unpretentious roomy villa named ‘Elm House’ with a pretty verandah and fine views of a well planted garden and the nearby forest.
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posted at 8:33 am on February 22, 2008 by Michelle ; Share on Facebook | printer-friendly ... The nation’s top federal election official told Sen. ... The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee,
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« Dueling June Obama fundraising claims? — Comments (2) | Thrown Under the Bus Watch: Eric Holder & Jim Johnson. — Comments (5) » Obama Hoisted Upon His Own Petard 7 Comments (0 topical, 7 editorial, 0 hidden) Post a comment »...
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The campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken disagree over the number ... Since the Minnesota Supreme Court ruling held that both campaigns had to agree on which absentee ballots are to be counted, ... Franken could of course achieve the same result by not agreeing to count any absentee ballots no matter what Coleman says.
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