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  • A Democrat MIGHT have a problem because he MIGHT be like a repuglitard specter's argument boils down to this:

    GOP's Spin On Coleman Reaches New Heights 2009

  • She noticed the bony claws protruding from under the tattered cloak, the sagging ectoplasm that seemed to drip from the specter's gaseous mouth.

    Ghosts 2009

  • A specter's on the loose: the woman from Wasilla may be the way we are remembered and represented in the nation's history: a scary thought for Halloween.

    Jamie Stiehm: Sarah Palin: A Rude October Surprise Party on Halloween 2008

  • The specter's weapon swept down with a clean and lethal grace, heading directly for the back of Butters's head.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • That energy was what the specter reacted to, and I pressed my advantage, whipping my staff through the specter's head and belly on two separate swings, driving the apparition away with howls of pain.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • With a secret garden and a heart unhardened, strike a specter's bargain with a ritual brew

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2004

  • That horrifying image appeared before the two archers, issuing a hellish shriek, the specter's mouth opening wide.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • That horrifying image appeared before the two archers, issuing a hellish shriek, the specter's mouth opening wide.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • In 1948, the specter's shadow fell across half the continent.

    Remarks By The President At Berlin Airlift Remembrance ITY National Archives 1998

  • Gasping, she wriggled out of the specter's embrace, knowing now beyond all doubt that it was Blayne.

    In Celebration Of Lammas Night Lackey, Mercedes 1996

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