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• You may also recall that last year I met with a rather ignominous defeat, as the final scores were FOX: 20; Cuff: 18; Laura: 13 (and 8 points for Mr. Laura); GSR: 12; Jordan: 10; Megarita: 8; Arjewtino: 8; Susan: 8; Claven: 4; WaPo: —  Dealing in Subterfuges
• The decision of Plaid Cymru's National Executive to back their leader and their Assembly Group in introducing top-up fees in Wales signals an ignominous capitulation for that party. —  Blogrunner
• The ignominous milestone has been reached -- the Dow Jones Industrial Average, nine years after first popping into five digits, has fallen through and is now trading in four digits once again. —  Blogrunner
• Poison-gas was an ill-bred attempt at revenge for what they called murder at Neuve Chapelle, just as they found consolation in the sinking of the Lusitania for the ignominous situation of their High Seas Fleet The offensive at Ypres slackened to meet the Allied attacks elsewhere, and our troops in the salient at least were not insensible to the fact that even the Germans had insufficient artillery or high-explosive to maintain an intense bombardment all along the line. —  A Short History of the Great War
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