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  • As for reading material, I go to Good-will and buy great paper back qestern books along with hunting stories.

    Best Western (Not the Motel) 2008

  • Good-will gestures provided by President Obama and his attempts to reconnect to the Arab and Islamic world on the basis of "mutual interest and mutual respect" can hardly be heard considering the echoes of drone fired missiles, speeding F-15 jets and rolling tanks.

    Marwan Bishara: Is al-Qaeda Winning? 2010

  • Or how about sending my kid to school in her best generic clothing, maybe even from Good-will, to be teased and humiliated by all the Ugg and CK wearing 2nd graders.

    CityLink: White Devils vs. White Christians Divide Black Neighborhood Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • And it is the same with Hope and Peace and Good-will and all the rest.

    Dreamland Julie Mathilde Lippmann

  • Leibnitz knew no authority independent of Reason, and no God but the Supreme Reason directing Almighty Good-will.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Various

  • By John Dickson Bruns, M.D., of Charleston, S.C. "Good-will and peace! peace and good-will!"

    War Poetry of the South Various

  • Good-will and sympathy, therefore, not ill-will and antipathy, inspired her best works.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

  • Good-will gleamed from the round eyes, and the mouth was one luminous smile.

    By the Christmas Fire Samuel McChord Crothers

  • Good-will will be procured, derived from the character of the hearers themselves, if exploits are mentioned which have been performed by them with bravery, or wisdom, or humanity; so that no excessive flattery shall appear to be addressed to them; and if it is plainly shown how high and honourable their reputation is, and how anxious is the expectation with which men look for their decision and authority.

    The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • Good-will is produced by dwelling on four topics: -- on one derived from our own character, from that of our adversaries, from that of the judges, and from the cause itself.

    The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

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