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They listen to Limbaugh and Beck, wanting to damage this President, even if it cripple's our nation – praying for failure and fearing his success.
Trippi: GOP trying to turn Obama into another Jimmy Carter 2009
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Her parents 'lives have faded into oblivion, but this little unwanted cripple's life lives on as a testimony to the glory of God and His design for each one of us.
What's in a name? 2008
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The tall, strong body that had once intimidated her was taking on a cripple's twist as muscles on one side of his body compensated for the loss of his leg.
The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999
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I leave half ready to believe that a cripple's trust might walk and the half-true rhyme is love.
Remarks Of President With P M Bruton ITY National Archives 1995
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She sat down on the bed and did something with her boots, spreading her skirts over her legs to hide them as the first cripple's trews had hid his.
The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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This mission was. worth more lives than a single cripple's.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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It's all that old cripple's fault, he said to himself, then tried to erase the thought from his mind, afraid that somehow the magician would know what he was thinking.
The Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M. 1980
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Now that he has none of the cripple's frustrations, he should be more amiable.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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He'd buy a cripple's wooden laig if he could see his way ter makin 'a profit on it.
The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long
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I became, as it were, another man; and above me on the bank I saw calmly the stone where my living double had left his cripple's cane, and thought to myself for one sharp moment, "Fool!"
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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