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  • As the forced removal of citizens from Twilight and Lindytown in West Virginia and scores of historic coal-rich settlements across Appalachia and the nation testify -- -as the largest forced removal of American citizens since the mid-19th century -- McCoy's charges of historicide and oblivion can be verified by the ruins of razed and abandoned communities.

    Jeff Biggers: Blair Mountain Emergency: Obama Is Obliged by Deathtoll to Order Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Jeff Biggers 2011

  • As the forced removal of citizens from Twilight and Lindytown in West Virginia and scores of historic coal-rich settlements across Appalachia and the nation testify -- -as the largest forced removal of American citizens since the mid-19th century -- McCoy's charges of historicide and oblivion can be verified by the ruins of razed and abandoned communities.

    Jeff Biggers: Blair Mountain Emergency: Obama Is Obliged by Deathtoll to Order Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Jeff Biggers 2011

  • Having been in your shoes, I know that not being able to conceive---as quickly as you would like to---is emotionally exhausting and can cast a shadow over other areas of your life.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Infertility can derail friendships Dr. Irene S. Levine 2011

  • I think when the time comes I'll tell my son that I fell in love with Stuart as much for what was around him - his job, his suburban Jewish childhood, his wallpaper -as for what was him.

    Beth Jones: Lesson Learned Beth Jones 2011

  • Having been in your shoes, I know that not being able to conceive---as quickly as you would like to---is emotionally exhausting and can cast a shadow over other areas of your life.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Infertility can derail friendships Dr. Irene S. Levine 2011

  • I think when the time comes I'll tell my son that I fell in love with Stuart as much for what was around him - his job, his suburban Jewish childhood, his wallpaper -as for what was him.

    Beth Jones: Lesson Learned Beth Jones 2011

  • B of A and the other big banks may well lose billions of dollars in revenue as a result of populist rage against institutional greed and corruption---as manifested by certain provisions of the abovementioned pieces of legislation that aimed to achieve greater accountability, certainty, transparency and fairness in the financial services sector.

    Adam Levin: Bank of America, Adam Smith and a Fee Market System Adam Levin 2011

  • B of A and the other big banks may well lose billions of dollars in revenue as a result of populist rage against institutional greed and corruption---as manifested by certain provisions of the abovementioned pieces of legislation that aimed to achieve greater accountability, certainty, transparency and fairness in the financial services sector.

    Adam Levin: Bank of America, Adam Smith and a Fee Market System Adam Levin 2011

  • I think when the time comes I'll tell my son that I fell in love with Stuart as much for what was around him - his job, his suburban Jewish childhood, his wallpaper -as for what was him.

    Beth Jones: Lesson Learned Beth Jones 2011

  • But the ethanol industry and its congressional allies are pushing to dedicate the rest—-as much as $1.5 billion—to a new set of tax incentives.

    Senators in Talks on Ethanol Compromise Ryan Tracy 2011

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