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  • Much too controversial and limited in his appeal, black Americans, young voters (mostly unliable) ect., his admitted problem with seniors and the poors that he does not seem to be able/want to identify with, as understantly it took him so much work to become part of the elite.

    Obama campaign makes general election plans 2008

  • The paragon of commonsense, pictured by most people as being somehow unliable to human frailties, could not yet screw himself up to the point of ringing a dentist's door-bell.

    The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1899

  • And who can deny, that they have notions in their own minds of things that are altogether unliable to sight: which, if they will but ask themselves the question, they must acknowledge to be lovely, and which many are actually brought to love.

    The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822

  • The followers of his profp'rous hour Are as unliable as his pow'r.

    Fables by the Late Mr. Gay. In One Volume Complete 1792

  • AH the Moralifts have agreed to interpret this Pablt m % Caution lo us never to truft a Woman, What Reafons they could have for giving lb rough and uncourdy a Pre - cept, 19 not eafy to be imagined: For however fickle and unliable fome Womeo may be, it is well Icnown thei-e arc feversl who hava a greater Regard for Truth in what they afTert or promife, than mofi Men.

    Fables of Aesop and Others 1788

  • I believe, however, that with all its terrors, Vefuvius, open and active, is lefs hoftile to Naples, than it would be, if its eruptions were to ceafe, and its ftruggles were to be confined to its bowels: then undoubt - edly would enfue moft fatal fhocks to the unliable founda - tion of the Terra di Lavoro.

    Travels in the two Sicilies 1783

  • Mot hearts can fix well enough to carnal meditations, ttff may advance their worldly intereft, or gratify their lulls; but to meditations of God they are unliable a water.

    An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion: With Respect to Faith and Practice ... 1773

  • Females are considered categorically unliable for the pregnancy up to two trimesters after conception FYI: I don’t agree with the two trimester limit and I believe in abortion on demand during the entire pregnancy.

    Choice For Men: Do Feminists and Pro-Lifers Make The Same Argument? 2005

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