Gilbert and George

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a team of artists, Gilbert Proesch, Italian, born 1942, and George Passmore, British, born 1943: noted esp for their photomontages and performance works

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And with stand-ups, I remember liking George Carlin and Steve Martin.
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Cousin George's position is such a happy one, that conversation is to him a thing superfluous.
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From the moment that he touches the magical little hand, cousin George is eclipsed.
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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
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A volcano broke out in the island of St. George, one of the Azores.
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No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift