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The flea-bitten roan, on its four legs up-standing, continued bravely to stand until the lady was removed, whereupon, with a long sigh, it sank down on the ground.
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So frightful was the speed with which we displaced the water, that a wave rose up on either side our bow and foamed aft in a series of three stiff, up-standing waves, while astern a great crested billow pursued us hungrily, as though at each moment it would fall aboard and destroy us.
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She is an exceptionally courageous, determined and up-standing woman and someone you can not help but admire.
All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Inspiring Women: Navanethem Pillay 2008
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I just love how Fox and also the MSM have gone way out of their way to paint the Senator as a "up-standing" guy when we all know he lacked spine with MJK, is a common adulterer, a drunk, completely partisian and finally an outright elitist!
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She is an exceptionally courageous, determined and up-standing woman and someone […]
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If anything could, rejecting an up-standing, path-breaking African-American politician to fill the seat of the only black senator in Congress would be a tough call.
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The names and E-mails of these “up-standing” Americans posted for all the public to write them !
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Something could be said for being the product of a gene pool fortified by prolific, ver-ile, up-standing strands of DNA.
So What if Mitt Romney's Grandfathers Had a Few Extra Wives 2007
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“Heroes,” Blakeman said softly, “up-standing men of medicine…In the public mind such things are not associated with whoremongering.”
City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007
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“Heroes,” Blakeman said softly, “up-standing men of medicine…In the public mind such things are not associated with whoremongering.”
City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007
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