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For example, in a recent treatise on angling by an eminent American authority I find such sentences as You gotta give him credit for being on the job and For an accommodating cuss we gotta tip the kelly to the wall-eyed pike.
Chapter 9. The Common Speech. 2. Spoken American As It Is Henry Louis 1921
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"For example, not only can a retail outlet save on printing supplies and manpower by no longer having to manually print and post pricing information throughout the store, they can also more easily provide additional variable information such as ´For Today Only´ or ´´Newly Reduced Price´ on their displays."
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"For example, not only can a retail outlet save on printing supplies and manpower by no longer having to manually print and post pricing information throughout the store, they can also more easily provide additional variable information such as ´For Today Only´ or ´´Newly Reduced Price´ on their displays."
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New Huckabee Adviser Called For "A Cop In Front Of Every Mosque 'Just" For Safe Keeping '
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: New Huckabee Adviser Called For "A Cop In Front Of Every Mosque 'Just" For Safe Keeping '
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For he hath a will that may not be denied when he hath said, '_For me_ there is none other.'"
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull
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Spot: "Don't Just Take Our Word For It" -- The DNC begins it's assault on Romney's Bain record by putting together this video of his Republican opponent's laying out the criticisms for them.
HUFFPOST FUNDRACE - The $200 Million Man Paul Blumenthal 2012
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Spot: "Don't Just Take Our Word For It" -- The DNC begins it's assault on Romney's Bain record by putting together this video of his Republican opponent's laying out the criticisms for them.
HUFFPOST FUNDRACE - The $200 Million Man Paul Blumenthal 2012
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For the Japanese word that they referred to, "kiki" 危機, the second character can be used in the sense of "opportunity", as in:
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For the Greek word for babes is fools, which he opposes to the word wise men.
In Praise of Folly c. 1466-1536 1958
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