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That’s why, McKinney says, motels like the Red Apple and William Tell chose to brand themselves so distinctively.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Finally, the film gets surrealistic and even incorporates the William Tell scene from Burroughs' own life.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024
She had written: “There’s a seething stillness to ‘The Card Counter,’ and to star Oscar Isaac’s character, William Tell.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021
There is Rat Island, nothing more than a pile of rocks with a strange statue of the Swiss folk hero William Tell.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2021
William Tell was a good shot and put an arrow through an apple on his son's head.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
Said the Herald-American: "Tell William . . . and let William Tell."
From Time Magazine Archive
Tell William Platt I don’t care what he does.
From A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry
Tell William to have the carriage at the door at a quarter-past three; and do you pack my dressing-case, and the few things I shall need for two or three days' absence.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes
Tell William Platt I don’t care a speck what he does.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry
"Tell William," said the doctor, "to drive round to the surgery before going on to Hamblyn Manor."
From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)
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