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• Torres 'brace, however late, was absolutely necessary -- necessary for his confidence, necessary for the team's confidence, necessary for Rafa's survival. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
• Yet such plans are legitimate and often necessary, and no man is wise enough to tell in advance whether they may prove to be necessary or not. —  Forty-Six Years in the Army
• There will be no marriages, but suicides and murders if necessary I'm inventing a German word of 1,000 letters. —  Letters to His Friends
• Not that the card was necessary, as of course in so small a place everybody knew everybody else; but it was a sort of sign of office, and was always most carefully replaced when Sarah Ann, Miss Michin's Lilliputian maid, cleaned the window, which she did much oftener than was necessary--at least, Mrs. Dodd, the post-mistress, who lived opposite, said so. —  The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891
• A fine mist is thus caused where necessary, which is carried forward by the force of the ventilating current A thorough system of inspection in coal-mines throughout the world is undoubtedly urgently called for, in order to ensure the proper carrying out of the various regulations framed for their safety. —  The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes

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