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There were forty-eight votes against Clarence Thomas, but Democrats were unwilling to use a filibuster to stop his confirmation.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

A few months later, on December 25, Karel, age forty-eight, died of influenza.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

As of 1950, fellatio—even when practiced by a married couple—was a felony in all forty-eight states, and cunnilingus was a felony in forty-one.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

These maps, and those that follow, display the concentration of each ethnic or religious group in each county within the forty-eight contiguous states.9

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

A few months later, on December 25, Karel, age forty-eight, died of influenza.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

The right to approve searches and detention of suspects for more than forty-eight hours was transferred from prosecutors to judges.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

The Russian military said it lost forty-eight soldiers, including ten peacekeepers.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Between 1992 and 2007, forty-eight countries had years in which their currency lost at least 50 percent of its value against the dollar.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

This date was selected to remind the world that forty-eight years earlier, Dr. King delivered his inspirational "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Janet Langhart Cohen: Dr. King, a Monumental Man Janet Langhart Cohen 2011

This date was selected to remind the world that forty-eight years earlier, Dr. King delivered his inspirational "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Janet Langhart Cohen: Dr. King, a Monumental Man Janet Langhart Cohen 2011