It is almost impossible not to develop a rooting interest for the clever, rascally, Tom Sawyer.

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The plan was to invade Tom Sawyer Island and "liberate Minnie Mouse, " among other pranks.

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Rep. Tom Sawyer (D-Ohio) asked Cole about his use of the word "reckless" to describe Gingrich's behavior.

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Unlike his elder brother Tatsuo, who studied prodigiously in order to pass the Japanese bar exam, Shigeta was a Tom Sawyer type.

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If you want to practice on your own at home, try reframing chores like Tom Sawyer did the painting of that darn fence.

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Newt Gingrich is the Tom Sawyer in the 2012 presidential narrative.

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Tom Sawyer famously hornswoggled a neighborhood of kids to whitewash his aunt's fence by noisily enjoying the task before ever so reluctantly passing them a brush.

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Running as an independent allows Traficant to avoid a primary race against eight-term Democrat Rep. Tom Sawyer, who was placed in the same district as Traficant when the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature redrew the boundaries.

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"It was with great sadness that I learnt of the deaths of Captain Tom Sawyer and Corporal Danny Winter, one a proven mentor and leader and the other an NCO of great professionalism and experience, " he said.

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Tom Sawyer meets James Bond.

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