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Walking up the stairs, though, I knew what I hoped for-that my mother was together in some way with those four little girls, capable in some fashion of embracing them, of finding joy in their spirits.
The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006
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Walking up the stairs, though, I knew what I hoped for-that my mother was together in some way with those four little girls, capable in some fashion of embracing them, of finding joy in their spirits.
The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006
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"Doubtless I am now to be unchained, " she said, 'that I may attend to my domestic labors, clearing the table, and such, but then, perhaps, it was not for-that reason that Master chained me so helplessly.
Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981
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He had not specified which faith the poet had died for-that of Peter or that of the Texarkanan schismatics-but evidently the Hannegan had valued it, for he had mounted the eyeball in the clutch of a small golden hand which was still worn upon certain state occasions by princes of the Harq - Hannegan dynasty.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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The problem: Microsoft sells points in batches that frequently don't correspond to the number required to buy particular items, meaning customers often have leftover points-which they paid for-that they can't use.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Paul McDougall 2010
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The problem: Microsoft sells points in batches that frequently don't correspond to the number required to buy particular items, meaning customers often have leftover points-which they paid for-that they can't use.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Paul McDougall 2010
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But to see the company actually remove the "Music Television" bit is finally the admission we've been looking for-that music has been as important to MTV in recent years as extreme sports is to Lifetime Television.
News from TV.com Tim Surette 2010
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The problem: Microsoft sells points in batches that frequently don't correspond to the number required to buy particular items, meaning customers often have leftover points-which they paid for-that they can't use.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Paul McDougall 2010
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But to see the company actually remove the "Music Television" bit is finally the admission we've been looking for-that music has been as important to MTV in recent years as extreme sports is to Lifetime Television.
News from TV.com Tim Surette 2010
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The problem: Microsoft sells points in batches that frequently don't correspond to the number required to buy particular items, meaning customers often have leftover points-which they paid for-that they can't use.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Paul McDougall 2010
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