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Extremists—whether they're carrying the red hammer-and-sickle flag, the Nazi swastika flag, or the fever-ridden, distorted and anti-Muslim message of a blond ethnic Norwegian and self-proclaimed warrior such as Breivik—are dangerous and must be confronted.
Norwegian Politics After Breivik Siv Jensen 2011
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Indeed their hospitality was so fine, that night, that I began to feel regretful at the thought that I'd probably be exchanged in the next day or two, and would find myself back in that lousy, fever-ridden camp under Sevastopol - it's a curious thing, but my belly, which had been in such wicked condition all day, felt right as rain after that dinner.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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There were no welcoming ports in which to enjoy shore leave near their fever-ridden base on Porto Praia, so the squadron would sail north to the island of Madeira.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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There were no welcoming ports in which to enjoy shore leave near their fever-ridden base on Porto Praia, so the squadron would sail north to the island of Madeira.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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It was a shopworn defense that presumed that there was nothing peculiar in sailing a ship hundreds of miles to the fever-ridden mouth of the Congo simply for an exchange of ownership papers.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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It was a shopworn defense that presumed that there was nothing peculiar in sailing a ship hundreds of miles to the fever-ridden mouth of the Congo simply for an exchange of ownership papers.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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It was a shopworn defense that presumed that there was nothing peculiar in sailing a ship hundreds of miles to the fever-ridden mouth of the Congo simply for an exchange of ownership papers.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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It was a shopworn defense that presumed that there was nothing peculiar in sailing a ship hundreds of miles to the fever-ridden mouth of the Congo simply for an exchange of ownership papers.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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After gold was discovered in California (1848), 180,000 Americans raced to the West Coast in the first two years, although the trip was expensive and life-threatening (six months around Cape Horn, a few months less via the fever-ridden Isthmus of Panama or a slightly shorter overland journey through hazardous Indian territory).
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There were no welcoming ports in which to enjoy shore leave near their fever-ridden base on Porto Praia, so the squadron would sail north to the island of Madeira.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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