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  • In September 2007, Gerhard Wisser pleaded guilty in South Africa to attempting to export centrifuge equipment to Libya and transferring other sensitive equipment to Pakistan; he was given an eighteen-year prison sentence, which the court reduced to only three years of house arrest.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • On the mound was Richard “Goose” Gossage, the premier flame-throwing relief pitcher of his time; and waving an imposing bat sixty feet, six inches away, was eighteen-year veteran Carl Yastrzemski, arguably the best fastball hitter of his.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • My husband and my eighteen-year old son are heading up to Wisconsin tomorrow to participate in the protests.

    Lillian Daniel: Torture, Collective Bargaining And Getting Our Own House In Order Lillian Daniel 2011

  • On the mound was Richard “Goose” Gossage, the premier flame-throwing relief pitcher of his time; and waving an imposing bat sixty feet, six inches away, was eighteen-year veteran Carl Yastrzemski, arguably the best fastball hitter of his.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • In September 2007, Gerhard Wisser pleaded guilty in South Africa to attempting to export centrifuge equipment to Libya and transferring other sensitive equipment to Pakistan; he was given an eighteen-year prison sentence, which the court reduced to only three years of house arrest.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • My husband and my eighteen-year old son are heading up to Wisconsin tomorrow to participate in the protests.

    Lillian Daniel: Torture, Collective Bargaining And Getting Our Own House In Order Lillian Daniel 2011

  • His plus-7 in October was eighth best in the league among defensemen, tieing him with Blackhawk Brent Seabrook (who has been better than a plus-20 for two straight years) and future Hall of Famer Nick Lidstrom (who has never been a minus player in his eighteen-year career).

    Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010-2011 Rob Higgins 2010

  • Whilst out digging for peat eighteen-year old Fergus and his Uncle find a body in the peat bog.

    47 entries from February 2008 2008

  • Whilst out digging for peat eighteen-year old Fergus and his Uncle find a body in the peat bog.

    Bog Child 2008

  • Perhaps the time has come for Presidents, Senators and citizens to ask the Justices -- incumbents as well as future nominees -- to voluntarily waive their own rights, and limit or adjust their service to an eighteen-year plan.

    Alain L. Sanders: Kagan's Nomination Shows Life Tenure is a Recipe for Partisanship 2010

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