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Examples
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I would Vote Democrat, I would Vote Obama so Hillarys efforts would not have been invain.
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If the President decides to cut and run under the rubric of an “anti-terror campiagn,” then McChrystal is duty bound to do one of two things: (1) salute and say “Yes sir!” or (2) resign his command rather than implement an order that will have meant his men had died invain.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is McChrystal Another MacArthur? 2009
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Seems to me the country has only gotten worse as we try invain to implement democracy as we know it in America in Iraq.
Biden And Brownback Team Up In Iowa To Promote Iraq Plan 2009
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THREE: ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God invain.’
The Volokh Conspiracy » Should Laws Be Simple or Complicated? A Dialogue: 2009
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I have waited with intense anxiety to receive a letter a letter from you, but I have waited invain, invain have I stood at the Post Office when the mail was opening, expecting to receive a letter from you, but alas! no letter has come, viz from you.
Letter from Kenelm H. Lewis to Emma Lewis, February 28, 1836 1836
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Im stuck at 99.9% for 5 days now!! it ` s all invain the remaining pieces are not available. none of the other seeds have them. we better try another torrent!
Fulldls.com 2010
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Im stuck at 99.9% for 5 days now!! it ` s all invain the remaining pieces are not available. none of the other seeds have them. we better try another torrent!
Fulldls.com 2010
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Im stuck at 99.9% for 5 days now!! it ` s all invain the remaining pieces are not available. none of the other seeds have them. we better try another torrent!
Fulldls.com 2010
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Im stuck at 99.9% for 5 days now!! it ` s all invain the remaining pieces are not available. none of the other seeds have them. we better try another torrent!
Fulldls.com 2010
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If you don’t see a difference between a Court that does whatever it wants versus a Court that is limited to enumerated rights, then I guess my examples were invain.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Commentary on the Briefing in McDonald v. City of Chicago 2009
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