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As a maintenance supervisor and former mechanic for the last 29 years in the manufacturing field, I've come to realize that things rattle, shake, move, break, wear-out, fray, and break, sometimes just because "God (or whoever your deity is) deemed-it-so".
Report: Secret Service off hook in 2008 Obama plane mishaps 2009
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I think Nolan is starting to wear-out his welcome.
Chris Nolan Says Superheroes Don’t Exist in the Nolanverse | /Film 2008
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Really wanted to drive these points home, they would parade a plethora of progressive legistlation to the White House daily and make the current President wear-out his veto stamp and pen.
Congressional Dems Seek To Reverse Slide In Polls With New Ad Campaign 2009
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I'm all for screening the perennial Yuletide classics, but if you're feeling a slight sense of wear-out on "It's A Wonderful Life", "Scrooge", or even "Santa Clause 1-4", there is a solution.
John Farr: For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1 2009
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Mileages are projected to wear-out, based on Consumer Report 16,000 mile wear tests.
H-rated tires with shorter life spans become more common 2009
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I\'m all for screening the perennial Yuletide classics, but if you\'re feeling a slight sense of wear-out on \ "It\'s A Wonderful Life\", \ "Scrooge\", or even \ "Santa Clause 1-4\", there is a solution.
John Farr: For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1 2009
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Mileages are projected to wear-out, based on Consumer Report 16,000 mile wear tests.
H-rated tires with shorter life spans become more common 2009
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I\'m all for screening the perennial Yuletide classics, but if you\'re feeling a slight sense of wear-out on \ "It\'s A Wonderful Life\", \ "Scrooge\", or even \ "Santa Clause 1-4\", there is a solution.
John Farr: For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1 2009
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They are swiftboating Obama and if he and Biden don't stop using the rope a dope tactic like Mohammed Ali did to wear-out his opponents, they will get KO'd just like Kerry and they will be left in November scratching their heads and saying, are the American people really that blind.
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One of the reasons for the wear-out was the increasing eccentricity of the contract novels he delivered; another reason was his failure to deliver at all on other contracts; a third reason was that he had begun to foul up on his editorial duties because he was drinking on the job.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ed Gorman 2007
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