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"Oh," said he, "if I was to bathe like you do, it would give me the 'ives'."
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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Ms. Guevara decided to pursue an Executive M.B.A. after attending a one-week course in July 2007 designed for Latin American chief execut ives at Kellogg's home campus in Evanston, Ill. By that time, she already had 24 years of experience working in Mexico, Texas and Florida in the private sector in tourism, information technology and marketing.
From Kellogg to Mexico's Tourism Secretary Jessica C. Wakeman 2010
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But ives has flowered in the last three years and reached new heights.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Yes, Nina Arianda Is All That In "Venus In Fur" Michael Giltz 2011
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It's sad that republicans are stuck at that level of maturity their entire ives.
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Counting the top platform as a step g ives it a total of 365 steps: 1 step for each day of the year.
Where On Google Earth Can You Find These Monuments? | myFiveBest 2010
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California should be permitted to try several alternat ives it has in the works, and freeing prisoners should be a " remedy of last resort, " he said.
California Prisons Frustrate Justices Jess Bravin 2010
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Yes | No | Report from tinman wrote 1 year 32 weeks ago big country gregory peck and burril ives
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The School of Rock 2003 Jack Black found his mojo in a movie that g ives the lie to Norma Desmond's deathless remark about the pictures having gotten small.
New 'Grit': Precocious Kid, Repurposed Style Joe Morgenstern 2010
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But unlike the Conservat ives and Labour in Britain, or for that matter the Republicans and Democrats in America, Congress is defined less by adherence to a coherent ideology than by fealty to a single family.
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Both have also poached one another's execut ives and looked to the same markets for future growth.
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