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Edwina might look all buttoned up-the perfect English lady-but there is unleashed passion existing just below her placid facade (not to mention a great pair of legs!).
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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Third-year running back Javon Ringer runs with a low pad level and a quick burst, making him a more effective up-the middle runner than Johnson.
Hank Koebler: Handcuffs, Hamstrings and Holdouts: Titans' Biggest Playmakers are Also Biggest Troublemakers Hank Koebler 2011
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There were details that did not add up-the moon, the image of the eye, the size of Palanthas.
Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010
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Maybe that's where this will end up-the whole race might end up being about the race as some demographic dry run - it's not like I can control it, but I guess I'd like to nudge discussion in a different direction.
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After a day of crisis in London-interest rates are a hypersensitive issue in Britain, where most mortgage payments rise promptly if rates go up-the British abruptly reversed course.
Europe In Pieces 2008
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But in reality D-Day was won far from the beaches of Normandy, by forces larger than courage, The decisive factors: The Russians: If the Red Army had not tied down-and chewed up-the Wehrmacht, the Longest Day would have been longer still.
Why The Allies Won 2008
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Wake up-the only solution to global warming is to remove the CO2 from the environment after it is emitted.
Think Progress » Attacking Global Warming Science: Where There’s George Will, There’s a Way 2006
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So with the cockroach rejected I went on to my back up-the hand-me down alligator costume.
Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Metamorphosis Kate 2007
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So with the cockroach rejected I went on to my back up-the hand-me down alligator costume.
Archive 2007-10-01 Kate 2007
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Thanks Anthony- since we are in the same city and my hubby is a foodie too, we must all catch up-the Mumbai food bloggers- what say?
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