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The most telling part of the report is buried in Footnote 6, in time-honored legal tradition (and, jfwells, explains why there's no mention of Sam's credibility issues):
Kroger comes through for Sam the Tram (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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[Footnote 120: _Essai sur la vie du grand Condé_, afterwards published in English.] [Footnote 121: Formerly Mistress of the Robes.] [Footnote 122: Afterwards Duchess of Argyll.]
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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[Footnote B: Bureau is the French word meaning office; and English people, when travelling in France, fall into the habit of using the word in that sense.] "How much would the difference be?" asked Rollo.
Rollo in Geneva Jacob Abbott 1841
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Footnote: Of the cant words used in this inauguratory oration, some are obvious in their meaning, others, as
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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It was his constant maxim that he was a pitiful fellow who would stick at a little rapping [Footnote: Rapping is a cant word for perjury.] for his friend.
The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great Henry Fielding 1730
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Some historians might quibble that Ginsberg did not actually recite the "everything is holy" incantation at the Six Gallery reading, as the film pretends-this was the fourth part of the poem, called "Footnote" - because it was written subsequently.
Expecting Rain 2010
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Pliny says the same thing in Latin.] [Footnote 3: B.J. IV. viii.
Josephus Norman Bentwich 1927
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Pliny says the same thing in Latin.] [Footnote 3: B.J. IV. viii.
Josephus Bentwich, Norman 1914
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"I write in English [Footnote: The brothers usually corresponded with each other in French; see Chap. II., p. 15.] because I write of serious matters, best to be talked over in our serious mother-tongue.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Nicaise's publication of this and of Guy de Chauliac's treatise has worked a revolution in medical history and, above all, has made these old authors available for those who hesitate to take up a work written entirely in Latin.] [Footnote 21: In the very first book containing some account of human anatomy, a German volume by Conradus Mengenberger, called "Puch der
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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