Oates is one of the most prolific playmakers in hockey history.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Anaheim needs to find a way to score] Reference

You could argue that next to Ephron, Joyce Carol Oates is a slacker.    From Wordnik.com.  [2006 October 14 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

I think Joyce Carol Oates is my favourite author that I barely know.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Story of the Day] Reference

Manager Johnny Oates is looking at Tim Crabtree, who had a 5.15 ERA in.    From Wordnik.com.  [A-Rod doesn't give Texas the edge] Reference

Oates is a tremendous passer and he has some of the greatest hands in hockey.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Demers' keys to the first-round series] Reference

If Oates is gone for a significant length of time, it may prove devastating for the Ducks.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHL - National Hockey League - Anaheim vs. Vancouver] Reference

Oates is today the official liaison of the gay-and-lesbian community to the Kerry finance committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Taking Full Responsibility] Reference

With Modry and Mathieu Schneider serving penalties, Paul Kariya completed a pass to Oates from the left point.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHL - National Hockey League - Anaheim vs. Los Angeles] Reference

It's not computer science or web specific, though I guess someone like George Oates is a pretty obvious suggestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finding Ada - creating new female role models] Reference

What has always astonished me about Oates is that she is so astonishingly prolific, while holding a full-time job in academia, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To The Books « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce Carol Oates biography] Reference

Those are some of the traits found in Oates’ female characters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

He notes that Carver once called Oates the most important writer of his generation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nick Mamatas' Journal] Reference

( "Oates" was the name of my grandmother's first husband.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce Carol Oates's 'In the Absence of Mentors/Monsters': Narrative Magazine] Reference

'Oates' prose is luminous, but some readers might find her femmes a bit too fatale. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Female of the Species by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary] Reference

Oates is the logical choice.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Stanley Cup playoffs a sports version of 'Survivor'] Reference

I read aloud the quote by Captain Oates.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE BRAIN OF A POET] Reference

Oates is not letting frustration set in.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Hockey League - Flyers vs. Senators] Reference

Oates is superb at suggesting the sinister.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Close Read] Reference

Let Sergeant Oates again give us his experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference

Sergeant Oates tells how the men pointed him out as the.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference

Quartermaster-Sergeant Oates and I went up, one afternoon, with.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

Lieut. Oates early in June, and all had to leave the Battalion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference

Oates, who had a party of six men with him, went forward with Pvte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference

Congressman Oates, of Alabama, advocates the disfranchisement of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 03, March, 1889] Reference

A long time ago, my husband and I had tickets to a Hall & Oates show.    From Wordnik.com.  [Married, With Lies] Reference

But I had one consolation: Oates 'were all straight; mine were arched.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

Oates has had a say in who plays since jumping on board earlier this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Chattman: Tasty Way to Do It: Oates to Headline Aspen Music Fest] Reference

What is the significance of the Sally Oates incident (p. 65) in Marner's life?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College] Reference

Sergeant Oates, for instance, were not the men to be spoilt by such a position.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference

As for Wolfe's feud with Mailer and Updike, Oates dismisses that as "" all made up by the media.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Wolfe Bites Back] Reference

"Oates had got ready four shrewd coffee-drinkers, then present, who swore the matter point blank.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Inns and Taverns of Old London] Reference