Tale after tale of frontier heroism unfolded, invariably with some gallant women at the core of the action.

Yes, she had read it, tale after tale of demons thwarting the god.

Certainly there is huge pressure from American businesses to keep all channels to the Government open, but privately American business executives tell tale after tale of frustration.

In tale after heroic tale, the protagonist proclaimed he would have victory or death.

Kabul's poorest neighborhoods harbor tale after tale of Taliban marriages.

As we rode, he recounted tale after tale of their bravery and cleverness.

He told her tale after tale of Fifi's exploits.

His mouth babbled tale after tale about each, mostly from things he had heard from patrons, much of it forgotten until now.

Like addicts confessing for the first time to a lifelong habit, men offer tale after tale of seduction and disaster.

But New York has yielded tale after tale for children, from picture books to young-adult novels, in a steady stream unaffected by trends in publishing.