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  • August 29th, 2009 10: 21 pm ET maybe the health care program would not be so coastly if ALL the Senate and All the congress were not so interested in holdin gon to their extremely benefits to death as well as class a 1 health benefits for them and their family. not to mention the pay increase they have already had so many of the fact that many Americans that they represent hve a difficu; t time reching them and if they do like in the case of the Senator from Calif,.

    GOP senator blasts Dems health care proposals 2009

  • An 'in that case, right now, you'd be a rich young woman, travelin' in Europe, with a mansion on Nob Hill along with the Floods and Crockers, an 'holdin' majority stock most likely in the Fairmount Hotel an 'a few little concerns like it.

    CHAPTER XIX 2010

  • Ease her down! 'hollers Jud, grittin' his teeth an 'holdin' onto her with all his hundred an 'eighty pounds weight.

    The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various

  • The poor girl screamed and held out her arms for the little lad, but the boat was shoved off an 'the last thing I can remember, as a mountain of water rolled up between us an' the ship, was seein 'Michael still clingin' to the rail an 'holdin' little Gerald on his arm.

    The Alchemist's Secret Isabel Cecilia Williams

  • "Well, ye see hangin 'makes it look worse for the next fellers what thinks o' holdin 'up a train," said Bill.

    Injun and Whitey to the Rescue William S. Hart

  • He was only a wee lad of three at the time, but he could still remember of his father standin 'there on the deck of the sinkin' ship an 'holdin' him in his arms.

    The Alchemist's Secret Isabel Cecilia Williams

  • We snook out o 'de house an' long de woods path, pappy totin 'one of de twins an' holdin 'me by de han' an 'mammy carryin' de udder two.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

  • Mona stood near me with the baby on her arm an 'holdin' tight to the hand of little Gerald who hid his face in her skirt an 'sobbed in terror.

    The Alchemist's Secret Isabel Cecilia Williams

  • An ', sir, with that he stepped out to the end o' the po'ch, opened his book ag'in, an 'holdin' up his right hand to'ards Sonny, settin 'on top o' the bean-arbor in the rain, he commenced to read the service o 'baptism an' we stood proxies -- which is a sort o 'a dummy substitutes -- for whatever godfather an' mother Sonny see fit to choose in after life.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • I was twenty years old an 'holdin' a second mate's ticket, for I'd been battin 'around the world on clipper ships since I was fourteen, an' I'd bit my way to the front quicker than most.

    Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

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