"We found that tallness is also probably linked to increased risk for ovarian, pancreatic and pre-menopausal cancer as well," said Willett. From Wordnik.com. [Diet, Growth Are Major Cancer Causes | Impact Lab] Reference
They were about of a "tallness" -- why shouldn't it be. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
"I am not speaking of that kind of tallness, but another; you know what I mean, and there my friend is really monstrous.". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
“I am not speaking of that kind of tallness, but another; you know what I mean, and there my friend is really monstrous.”. From Wordnik.com. [The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt] Reference
Meaning humorously to banter his uncommon tallness. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
Her tallness now made her seem gauche rather than graceful. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
So, I've realized lately that I'm really drawn to tallness in men. From Wordnik.com. [bebelua Diary Entry] Reference
Naow seez watchu did Pd, wif yor cyootness an tallness an possums. From Wordnik.com. [I approve of this post - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
COOPER: It's fascinating that people equate tallness with leadership. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2005] Reference
Her tallness, he thought, could be said to have come straight from him. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
The handles generally cannot be adjusted to the tallness of the farmer. From Wordnik.com. [1. Labour productivity and distribution] Reference
Ferguson's notion of the essential quality of a Lord Advocate was tallness. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The Germans pride themselves in their tallness of stature and skill in magic. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise of Folly] Reference
That context dependence of the discourse does not undo the idea of “tallness.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Austrian Economists:] Reference
Ally, 'Long Dave' is referred to very aptly because of his surname and his tallness!. From Wordnik.com. [Do It Yourself] Reference
So he swayed up on his toes and glanced in the glass and was glad of his thinness and tallness. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
The tallness meme may account for something, but Kerry was taller and was still treed by the Shrub. From Wordnik.com. ["Eloquence is deep thought expressed in clear words. With Mr. Obama the deep thought part is missing."] Reference
Age per se is not what makes them right for owls; it's the tallness of the trees, which comes with time. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Owls Versus Loggers] Reference
A very little strength and a very little tallness, and a few delicate long lines meeting in a point. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
And she was as graceful in her slender tallness as the girl she had admired -- this woman of forty or more. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Even before they could see the ship itself, Sorcor declared he knew she was a slaver by the tallness of her masts. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
Two basketball superstars, both of African descent, stroll by wearing their tallness with grace and gentle affect. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Lewis: I Was a Hollywood Extra for Social Change] Reference
Save for his greater tallness and strength he looked not very different from any of the workmen about him; and indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age] Reference
Not only were his shoulders stooped, and all his tallness gone from him, but the very lines of his face were changed. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Cat of Castle Town] Reference
But between tallness and shortness he could differentiate, and he knew that he had the wrong man beside him on the seat. From Wordnik.com. [THE CHINAGO] Reference
In the few hundred yards before he reached his Square he was chiefly conscious of the tallness of houses, the shortness of men. From Wordnik.com. [The White Monkey] Reference
May 23, 2006, 12: 52 am no credit card required says: no credit card required purchase! tallness seemly nods recalling Telemann. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Interview with Josh Rushing:] Reference
Hence, as two thirds are added in Corinthian capitals, their tallness gives a more slender appearance to the columns themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
And it was adorned with many a tree that grew only on the hills of Malaya, and seemed by their tallness to reach the very heavens. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Thus tallness in a man, because it is in the first place striking, becomes readily incorporated into our standard of the beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The Great grandsire, advancing forward, addressed that splendour which had assumed a form of the tallness of a span, saying, 'Welcome!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
It will be seen that the usefulness of this plant consists in its distinct form and tallness, and that it is effective is without doubt. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The band just doesn't have the tallness yet on stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Oh, and to the person who said "obesity is a disease", and "tallness is not". From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
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