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Examples
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The obvoius gang activity at Foss is so out in the open a blind man could see it, it absolutely permiates the culture around that area.
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Foss is one of about 140 surviving recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Boing Boing: January 20, 2002 - January 26, 2002 Archives 2002
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Mrs. Abbot was the wife of the doctor of the Foss River Settlement and had known John Allandale from the first day he had taken up his abode on the land which afterwards became known as the Foss River Ranch until now, when he was acknowledged to be a power in the stock-raising world.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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Kyle’s relationship with Tom Foss is so cool, because he’s mentoring Kyle.
10 Questions with KYLE XY’s Matt Dallas | the TV addict 2007
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Though I'd have thought the Foss might be a bit small to have a feature like that.
Reconstructing seventh-century place names - North York Moors Carla 2006
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I think Mr. Foss is doing a patriotic duty for his country in asking of us that we should pull down our tariffs and let their manufacturers come in here.
Relations of the United States with Canada and Great Britain 1905
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Mr. Foss is evidently an optimist who looks through the glasses of his own desires and sees only the reflection of those desires and does not seem to remember that it takes two to make a bargain.
The Relations of Canada, the Motherland and the United States 1904
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And across the Foss is the vibrant red faade of the
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Either mode can result in a sustainable Foss community, and neither a radically horizontal structure, as can be seen generally with Linux, or a more vertical one, as in Eclipse, will make or break a Foss community, though I'm sure adherents of each mode would argue otherwise.
OpenOffice.org Planet oulipo 2009
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Mr. Foss is an honest man, a frank man, as frank to us as he is in his speech to his neighbours on the other side; he says he thinks Reciprocity would be good because the United States wants to deal with us, because they want to sell over here; and he says on the other hand he thinks it would be good for us because we have things which we can sell over there.
Relations of the United States with Canada and Great Britain 1905
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