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Need had taught her to be selfsufficient, at the cost of many hard and bitter lessons.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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The problem for the politbureau is that the PRC is not selfsufficient esp in the key strategic resources Food, Iron, Coal and Oil.
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No local church that participates in the living Tradition can regard itself as selfsufficient. '
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We can't all go back to the farm and be selfsufficient.
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By its nature, a houseboat should be as selfsufficient as possible; therefore, we are begining to incorporate solar energy, thermal heating but from water instead of the earth, and other systems into our houseboats.
LIVING THE LIFE AQUATIC ON A WATERLIVING HOUSEBOAT | Inhabitat 2006
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The cherub investing himself with his coat was led back to his corner — where, but for having no egotism in his pleasant nature, he would have answered well enough for that radiant though selfsufficient boy, Jack Horner — Bella with her own hands laid a cloth for him, and brought him his supper on a tray.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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Hence whatever is there, is of such a nature as not to occupy any place, nor does time age it; nor is there any change in any of the things which lie beyond the outermost motion; they continue through their entire duration unalterable and unmodified, living the best and most selfsufficient of lives.
On the Heavens 2002
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In the early stages of each wave of settlement, when the bulk of the highland population was concentrated in the eastern fringes of the steppe and eastern highlands valleys, they maintained a balanced, essentially selfsufficient economy.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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In the early stages of each wave of settlement, when the bulk of the highland population was concentrated in the eastern fringes of the steppe and eastern highlands valleys, they maintained a balanced, essentially selfsufficient economy.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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In the early stages of each wave of settlement, when the bulk of the highland population was concentrated in the eastern fringes of the steppe and eastern highlands valleys, they maintained a balanced, essentially selfsufficient economy.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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