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  • The GOP led by uncle Tom Steele are scared white racist people who see there doom coming as the water laps at their shoes, do they stay with the vessel in hopes Rush can use his fat but to clog the hole or do they drown like rats in Glen Beck's whirpool addict mind of delusion?

    First on the CNN Ticker: Florida senator to resign seat 2009

  • This whirpool allows as much of the drink as possible to be exposed to the now chilled surface of the can thus rapidly transferring the heat from inside to the surrounding water and ice.

    Chill Your Beer or Soda In Under a Minute | Impact Lab 2007

  • He picks up a wooden replica of a sub, and suddenly, the Mako is caught in a whirpool, spinning madly out of control!

    Archive 2008-07-01 rob! 2008

  • Aquaman uses his tremendous strength to escape the whirpool, and is met by Aqualad and Mera.

    World's Finest #262 - May 1980 rob! 2008

  • Aquaman uses his tremendous strength to escape the whirpool, and is met by Aqualad and Mera.

    Archive 2008-11-01 rob! 2008

  • Yet, it pours with a hearty density and the vertical whirpool at the bottom of the glass swirls with decent effervescence.

    Michelob's New Glitz 2006

  • Again the serpulas had a burglar-alarm system but it was much more sensitive than the clams '; the net handle would get within six inches of the whirpool of shimmering petals, and they would suddenly all point skywards, bunch together, and dive head-first down the stalk, so that all that was left was a series of what looked like bits of miniature hosepipe stuck in the sand.

    My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

  • The downtown location on Wellington St. W. near York St. has been hit with 40 infractions, including repeated citations for improper chemical balance of its whirpool.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Jesse McLean 2011

  • "The whirpool! the whirlpool!" resounded from every lip.

    The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813

  • And that horrible day when I ate a lot of fruits, and the shortening, I thought was butter; it gave me stomach whirpool as good as penance.

    EzineArticles 2010

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