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• n  a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
• n  French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
• n  fortitude and determination
• v  rub with sandpaper
  sandpaper the wooden surface

• Finally, I came to dry sand, and there was only another 100 yds.
• In many beachfront towns, sand dunes provide protection against wind and wave erosion.
• Pumping sand from the bottom of Anaheim Bay was no answer; there simply was not enough sand there.

• Sand
• George Sand
• Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
• Baroness Dudevant
• backbone
• grit
• guts
• moxie
• gumption
• sandpaper

News & Articles

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• Sand Springs renames four areas of city
  Monday night, the Sand Springs City Council approved the renaming of the city’s four main sectors.
  June 11, 2013 - KJRH-TV Tulsa
• Sand Gnats rained out
  The Sand Gnats and Asheville will try to play two games on Tuesday because of rain and lightning.
  June 11, 2013 - WTOC 11 Savannah
• Sand shark washes up on Newport beach
  A 3-foot female sand shark washed up on Easton Beach in Newport today. Rhode Island Saves the Bay was there and took a picture. The beach continues to remain open to swimmers. Sand sharks can get up
  June 10, 2013 - ABC 6 Providence

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in The Hill (blog)
  President Obama has said, "We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand. We must move us from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest; where we consume less at home and send more exports abroad."
• Gordon Brown in New York Times
  President Nicolas Sarkozy of France was more blunt, giving Iran two months to meet international demands, and Mr. Brown said, "The international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand."
• Robert Altman in Indie Wire
  I've always said that making a film is like making a sand castle at the beach,Altman said, after receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, "You invite your friends and you get them down there, and you say you build this beautiful...