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I called the PWC Democratic Committee today just out of curiosity and they fellow on the phone hinted strongly that Porta is taking a good look at running again, as we all might expect.
51st District 2006
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It's 1970, and Ronnie Porta is back in Vietnam as a major and in command of his own dustoff unit.
Brown, Harry W. 1968
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It's 1970, and Ronnie Porta is back in Vietnam as a major and in command of his own dustoff unit.
Groth, Wade L. 1968
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It's 1970, and Ronnie Porta is back in Vietnam as a major and in command of his own dustoff unit.
Gunn, Alan W. 1968
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It's 1970, and Ronnie Porta is back in Vietnam as a major and in command of his own dustoff unit.
Roe, Jerry L. 1968
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Salutaris, the stile by which they crossed the stump-fence into the herb-garden or front yard, he called Porta Salutaris, as the Leech herself he had already honored by the title of
Margaret 1851
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They're commonly called Porta-potties here, but I like porta-loo better.
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Della Porta (more commonly known as Porta) has to be credited with having initiated this chapter of history, but his contribution was not a truly scientific one.
OPTICS AND VISION VASCO RONCHI 1968
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Columba, born in 521 landed with twelve of his monks at the southern extremity of the island -- ever since called Porta
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Why this lovely gateway was called the Porta della Carta (paper) is not absolutely certain: perhaps because public notices were fixed to its door; perhaps because paper-sellers frequented it; perhaps because the scriveners of the Republic worked hereabouts.
A Wanderer in Venice Harry [Illustrator] Morley 1903
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