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  • I have to agree with John, at the time of Kirk’s birth when the alternate universe started, Khan would already be in statis aboard the Bounty Bay waiting to be revived.

    'Star Trek 2': Casting Khan...why couldn't it be a woman? | EW.com 2009

  • The biggest movement leads very soon to that unrest within cities, that statis, which is identical with re-barbarization.

    Elusive Lucidity 2009

  • The biggest movement leads very soon to that unrest within cities, that statis, which is identical with re-barbarization.

    Elusive Lucidity 2009

  • He came to America in 1980, but as far as his "statis" have seen no info / further.

    The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories 2009

  • Make no mistake, the statis quo on health care is no longer an option for the United States of America.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Hemingway must be rather easy to pastiche - those sentences that have two or more clauses linked by "and", moving from statis to dynamic: "Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated."

    Linkspam for 21-7-2009 nwhyte 2009

  • I thought that under the Federal codes, that churches who get involved in politics and tell their members how to vote or work to influence elections are to be investigated and could lose their tax exempt statis.

    Evangelical leader backs Coats in Indiana 2010

  • You tell them Mr President, these GOP CLOWNS want the statis quo so they continue to receive kickbacks from wallstreet payed by the American taxpayer.

    Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010

  • I thought that under the Federal codes, that churches who get involved in politics and tell their members how to vote or work to influence elections are to be investigated and could lose their tax exempt statis.

    Evangelical leader backs Coats in Indiana 2010

  • He seems to forget that there would not have been a confederacy if not for the southern land owners wanting to keep the statis quo, namely slavery. hobart

    Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month 2010

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