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All decent Americans should view our “special relationship” with Zionism as something that is unclean. damocles
Israeli TV airs call to father after children killed « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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On Tuesday, we drove an insane road through a gorge, which photos cannot do justice to because we couldn't stop to take any, but there were huge rock overhangs and giant icicles hanging over us like frozen swords of damocles (thankfully, none impaled us).
skittledog: There may be mountains ahead... skittledog 2009
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And if you really think that 3 months in jail before coming out desperate for his next hit with no accommodation and no support services protects the public better in the long term than a requirement that he submits to testing, gets off drugs and attends court monthly with the sword of damocles hanging over him then we will never agree.
Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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On Tuesday, we drove an insane road through a gorge, which photos cannot do justice to because we couldn't stop to take any, but there were huge rock overhangs and giant icicles hanging over us like frozen swords of damocles (thankfully, none impaled us).
Susannah's Journal skittledog 2009
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I think bush never ever really wanted to apprehend ObL, much preferring the pretext for war … even now … damocles
Worst Taliban Attack or Worst NATO Blunder? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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You think! talk about having the sword of damocles hanging above ones head. don't envy the position the rules committee members find themselves in. it would probably be safer diffusing a bomb with a faulty hair trigger. elshk@tiscali. co.uk
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The ability to think will improve after the nuclear exchange with Mother Russia, to those who survive of course. damocles
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Still there seems to be some unreasoning dread that we are under a political sword of damocles from the right, with the Great Backlash only moments away.
David Frum: Palin "Makes Barack Obama Look Like George C. Marshall" 2009
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Still there seems to be some unreasoning dread that we are under a political sword of damocles from the right, with the Great Backlash only moments away.
David Frum: Palin "Makes Barack Obama Look Like George C. Marshall" 2009
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Still there seems to be some unreasoning dread that we are under a political sword of damocles from the right, with the Great Backlash only moments away.
David Frum: Palin "Makes Barack Obama Look Like George C. Marshall" 2009
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