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Like their derelictio n of duty during the runup to Iraq, they will wait years from now and lament how they didn't do their jobs when it mattered.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Communis utilitatis derelictio contra naturam est, it is not natural to decline that which is for a common benefit and utility.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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