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Good-morning Good mornin', sur, an' thank 'ee!"

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  1. a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

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  • Bien sur, the white shirt is timeless and chic, but for many of us the button-down shirt gapes at the bust, develops wrinkles around the waist when we sit, and can look anything but crisp and soignée.Une femme's answer to the classic white shirt during warmer months is a simple, well-fitting white tee.
  • Bien sur, these "inspired by" styles will never have the cachet of the real thing, but some are quite cute and all can be had for a fraction of the price les vrais.Kenneth Cole:Franco Sarto:Stuart Weitzman:Me Too, Talbots and Vaneli:Hey Pilgrim!
  • We are sur* he would still want all to know that .9 percent financing is still available on all New 2008 —  FOXNews.com
  • They are covered apparently with failures in an attempt at forgery, viz, first, `Gordon is a sur--' and then a stop as though the writer were dissatisfied, and several of the words written over again for practice, and then a number of r's made in the way that Williams makes them There you may stop," said Barker, stamping fiercely; "I did it all A perfect yell of scorn and execration followed this announcement What! —  Eric, or Little by Little
  • In the Place Bisson is the statue of a young officer of the French navy, a native of Guemené-sur-Scorff (Morbihan). —  Brittany ; Its Byways
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