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In the days before I-55, most of our route followed Hwy. 51 from Rockford to Cairo, then south and west across the boot-heel.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, | clusterflock 2009
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The NRA's Wayne LaPierre, the Pierre-Meter himself, Mr. Lawyers, Guns and Money -- favored us with his lysergic, parallel-universe retailing of the history of gun-control legislation, and bemoaned again the weight of the liberal-facist-guv'mint boot-heel forever pressing down on the nation's throat.
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The NRA's Wayne LaPierre, the Pierre-Meter himself, Mr. Lawyers, Guns and Money -- favored us with his lysergic, parallel-universe retailing of the history of gun-control legislation, and bemoaned again the weight of the liberal-facist-guv'mint boot-heel forever pressing down on the nation's throat.
Kara Vallow: The CPAC Rodeo Roundup Kara Vallow 2010
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The NRA's Wayne LaPierre, the Pierre-Meter himself, Mr. Lawyers, Guns and Money -- favored us with his lysergic, parallel-universe retailing of the history of gun-control legislation, and bemoaned again the weight of the liberal-facist-guv'mint boot-heel forever pressing down on the nation's throat.
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They're blowing up England, Spain, India, Iraq, Afghanistan and lots of other places while the Power Tools here try to keep the American populace fearful of their own shadows and properly under boot-heel.
I didn't think he could become even more worthless, but always he surprises me 2008
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The Wisconsin glaciers that had encamped on the Midwest never reached our boot-heel range of southeastern Illinois.
Reclaiming Earth Day: Guerilla Reclamation Actions in the Coalfields 2010
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In the days before I-55, most of our route followed Hwy. 51 from Rockford to Cairo, then south and west across the boot-heel.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, | clusterflock 2009
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As the military boot-heel stomped on Brazil, Leão took to expressing her political views in song.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Five 2009
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His Holiness The Dalai Lama would like us to wield a bit of influence against China, which has Tibet under its boot-heel.
Russell Shaw: Why the Bush-Dalai Lama Meeting Turns My Stomach 2008
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And another reign of darkness beneath the boot-heel of Sith despotism is something General Luke Skywalker cannot and will not risk.
Archive 2008-12-01 RobB 2008
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