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Spite is your republican emotion, keep it on your side of the aisle. amila
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Spite is not a reason not to vote for someone and also folks should not get the mind set that butts should be kissed for their votes (in reference to those Hillary supporters who feel they won't vote for Obama because they feel bloggers haven't been nice enough to them).
Clinton says she expects lead in popular vote, primary delegates 2008
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Additional games in this group include the proprietary games Flinch and Skip-Bo, descendants of a game called Spite and Malice.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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So I tried putting one into our own Kiltartan dialect, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and it went very well.
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One night, we play a card game called Spite and Malice.
BAD GIRL CREEK Jo-Ann Mapson 2001
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London, June 11: 'X Factor' guest judge Geri Halliwell was so mean to the auditionees for the show that she ended up being booed by crowds and dubbed a Spite
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"Spite" is a stronger expression than "malgraux"; it means in defiance of all opposition, despite, as "Li faris tion, spite la malpermeso", He did that, in spite of being forbidden.
The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer
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His neighbors had a habit of alluding to him as "Old Spite"; and the name seemed to fit him so completely that he was known far and near as "Spite" Calderwood.
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Well, if you'll carry the message for me, I won't climb 'Spite' hill this morning.
Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876
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And, if thee pleases, it is no longer 'Spite' but 'Charity House.'
Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876
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