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Europeans condemned Chinese foot binding, but any society that had invented the corset had a lot to answer for.


Mary Jo Putney

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JO NESBø Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary.
JO WALTON 1 tatty old man in jeans—what was he thinking? Jeans are for young people.
JO WALTON Marry me he said voice full of emotion. Be my soul mate my friend and my lover as long as we both li...
JO DAVIS Are you dying?"
Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry.
JO NESBø But perhaps that's why we take snaps...to provide false evidence to underpin the false claim that we...
JO NESBø Telephone conversations are so inadequate, so lacking in expression and gesture and everything.
JO WALTON We are grateful to Tony Riley for his dedication and hard work and look forward to his continuing co...
JO MAJOR As we exit our corporate restructuring, we are pleased to introduce a series of innovative new produ...
JO MAJOR Gross margins improved for the fourth consecutive quarter and are up 13 percentage points from the s...
JO MAJOR We now run a parallel orientation for parents. They get to meet (Principal) Juan Rodriguez, and the ...
JO LEWIS They can establish relationships right from the start.
JO LEWIS This presents an opportunity to explore the building, find their way around. It helps them make the ...
JO LEWIS I think it ran really smoothly.
JO LAMARCHE A lot of people are just waiting to see how this works with Burlington.
JO LAMARCHE