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  • To satisfy the non-secularists, the handing-over of philosophical authority would have to be a bit more whole-hearted or sincere than that.

    Post-Secular Conviviality 2008

  • We just signed the contract and will have the final walkthrough meeting (with the ceremonial handing-over of the first ginormous check) next Tuesday.

    7/25/08: Where I've been, where I'm going 2008

  • HOWEVER, Boren and his constituencies will be responsible for handing-over the presidency to John McWar, who will never surrender, who does not care that another 4,404 US soldiers die in roadside bombs, who is clueless on economics and our economy, THEN LIKE ROME, USA WILL FALL.

    Oklahoma Dem won't endorse Obama 2008

  • The suite had a balcony that overlooked the dock where the Royal Yacht Britannia was moored and many of the handing-over ceremonies were staged.

    One From The Hart Stefanie Powers 2010

  • The consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

    Quotes from a book written in 1948 that is insanely relevant today. | Netflow Developments 2009

  • If they do decide to prosecute, who will they go after: the politicians, the bureaucrats, or the soldiers who did the actual handing-over?

    Trash - Andrew Coyne's Blog - Macleans.ca 2009

  • The consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

    2009 May | Netflow Developments 2009

  • The consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

    2009 May 26 | Netflow Developments 2009

  • And at the same time the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • And at the same time the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

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