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  • These were the two words that would exactly describe the feelings prevailant amongst some parliament members and all those who are anti Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

    SAPP Fail To Act 2008

  • And albeit the Jew was a very learned man in his owne Law, yet notwithstanding the intire amity he bare to Jehannot, or (perhaps) his words fortified by the blessed Spirit, were so prevailant with him, that the Jew felt a pleasing apprehension in them, though as yet his obstinacie stoode farre off from Conversion.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Over time, the ATITD-faithful found all kinds of ways to rationalise the event you can kind of see this process unfolding in the threads on the ATITD forums; at first, outrage over the event is pretty much prevailant - but within 48 hours or so, that turns around, and everybody is posting messages along the lines of "well, actually, in retrospect, I don't really see what all the fuss was about.."

    A Riot 2004

  • Over time, the ATITD-faithful found all kinds of ways to rationalise the event you can kind of see this process unfolding in the threads on the ATITD forums; at first, outrage over the event is pretty much prevailant - but within 48 hours or so, that turns around, and everybody is posting messages along the lines of "well, actually, in retrospect, I don't really see what all the fuss was about.."

    A Riot 2004

  • Just as you would use a fibreglass tape to seal between joints of sheetrock in the USA, there is a product for bridging small cracks in the concrete roofs prevailant in Mexico.

    Paint/sealer for concrete roofs 2002

  • Diamonds are big here, just like everywhere else, and when you look into it, along with all sorts of other marriage related propaganda it's one of the most clever, understated, prevailant conjobs around.

    diamonds are for never - Anil Dash 2003

  • DakotaBronco wrote: I see the hatred and bigotry in Colorado is as prevailant as ever.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • A good rule of thumb is that you use these repellents during the early morning and at dusk because that is when mosquitoes are at their most prevailant.

    Shaister Miester Do Da 2009

  • To understand the power of a website generated Lead I recently ran a Poll on LinkedIn to see what perceptions are prevailant for this type of Lead Event and of the results were quite eye opening.

    unknown title 2009

  • (Though it is more prevailant amongst higher income families than lower income ones ...)

    Openswitch 2009

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