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I grew up in Darien Ct., a republican segregated town fifty minutes from N.Y. These people mostly care about the money, and being born again, better than anyone else.

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  1. noun The letter n.
  2. noun Printing A space equal to half the width of an em.

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  • Crue Fest is set to kick off on July 19 in Camden, New Jersey, and will conclude in Darien Lake, —  NME.COM - News
  • I grew up in Darien Ct., a republican segregated town fifty minutes from N.Y. These people mostly care about the money, and being born again, better than anyone else. —  RealClimate
  • Noyes family tree on Rootsweb, Sophronia Newcomb was born on September 26, 1820 in Darien, —  ArchivesBlogs
  • Thompson grew up in Darien and has lived in Southbury since 1996. —  News from www.rep-am.com
  • Eric Sing of 165 Old Kings Highway North in Darien was charged Wednesday with second-degree falsely reporting an incident, criminal attempt to sell marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of narcotics, and possession of drug paraphernalia. —  Courant.com Blogs
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  1. from Middle English *en, from Anglo-Saxon *en, from Latin en, from e, the usual assistant vowel, + n.
 

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