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the capital and largest city of the Philippines

Without speaking he pulled open a drawer and took out the manila envelope that held his most recently developed prints.
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures

Now to get the key out of his pocket without dropping either the manila envelope containing the bound galleys or the sticks.
Stephen King -- Misery
Angela left the room, headed to the library, as I picked up the manila envelope and opened it, dumping its contents into my lap.
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
Beneath it is a manila envelope carrying my name across the front of it.
Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
Roy's father clicked open his briefcase and removed a thick manila folder.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
They're in my top desk drawer, in a manila envelope.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
"Do I have to go to court?" he asks when I hand him the manila envelope.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
I stopped at my office to join the assault squad and on my desk were eight large manila envelopes, only one of which had been opened.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
He took out a legal-sized manila envelope.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
In his hand was a manila file.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
She inserted it into one of the strong manila envelopes that the Bureau used to mail clippings in.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A manila folder on the table beside his bed caught his attention.
James Dashner -- The Death Cure
He is wearing a trench coat and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses and is holding a manila folder full of official-looking papers.
Gary Paulsen -- Woodsong
They were supposed to be taken by train to be loaded on an American boat sailing from Tientsin to Manila, but the ship was sunk.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
Civille had a salad, followed by risotto with Prince Edward Island mussels and Manila clams, finished with squid ink.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
Then, toward the end of the third day, I noticed a thick manila folder on my pillow.
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
He smiled a kind of "checkmate" smile and flipped open a manila folder that was about an inch thick with documents.
Jack Gantos -- Hole in My Life
A narrow manila envelope, slightly larger than letter size.
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese
Plastic evidence pouches and manila evidence envelopes were spread all around the bedroom.
James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
"The Philippine attache dropped off the report on rubber exports," she said, handing him a manila folder.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

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