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The section called Squibs was probably written before 1857;
Intimate Journals 1949
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Squibs – around the building – tiny explosions visible – Eye witnesses/fire fighters etc. – reporting timed explosions.
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Squibs, light meter f-ckin pissed my pants last night.
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Squibs by Roark Howard on Friday, Jan 18, 2008 at 5: 12: 21 AM
"Truth" is Dead, Long Live The Truth-- The death rattle of the 9/11 "Truth" movement... 2008
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Check out the very beginning of thie video: Squibs along southwest corner of WTC-7″.
Think Progress » Washington Post on access to prewar intel: 2005
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"In our day, Squibs were often hushed up, thought to take it to the extreme of actually imprisoning a little girl in the house and pretending she didn't exist " -
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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"Squibs were usually shipped off to Muggle schools and encouraged to integrate into the Muggle community ... much kinder than trying to find them a place in the Wizarding world, where they must always be second class, but naturally Kendra Dumbledore wouldn't have dreamed of letting her daughter go to a Muggle school " -
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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(Squibs; or you must and shall laugh!) began reading the funny anecdotes of which the little book was full.
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But I think Rich is on the money: IIRC, they say that Squibs are “really rare,” which is consistent with Squibhood being caused by a destructive mutation in one of the W genes.
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Incidentally, can Squibs see Dementors? 'he added, looking left and right along the bench.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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