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Proverbially, this is the protracted silly season in Washington.
John B. Townsend II: The Fuel Tax, Toll Roads, And Washington's Protracted Silly Season John B. Townsend II 2011
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Proverbially rubbing salt in the wound, the federal government's advice could actually kill people, according to the new study, as well as prior research.
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Proverbially overnight, Samih Toukan, CEO and founder of Maktoob. com, and his team have accomplished what Jordan has spent the better part of a decade trying to do: garner international attention for its technology sector.
Faisal Ghori: Building Hope: What Yahoo!'s Acquisition of Maktoob.com Means 2009
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Proverbially it takes an exception to prove a general rule.
Canada's New Status 1967
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Proverbially careful and judicious in the expenditure of money, as may be supposed, in the purchase of his supplies on this occasion Doctor
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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Proverbially courteous and urbane, he was, at the same time, inflexible in the withdrawal of all confidence when once deceived or disappointed in character.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Proverbially the Parsley-bed is propounded to our little people who ask awkward questions, as the fruitful source of new-born brothers and sisters when suddenly appearing within the limits of the family circle.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Proverbially, family feuds are the most deadly and difficult to eradicate.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Anna Bishop Scofield
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Proverbially fickle are princes; and of this De Monts was convinced on his return to France, for during his absence he had lost favor with his sovereign, Henry IV., who revoked his commission; still he succeeded, after many difficulties, in procuring supplies for his colony, and arrived just in time to prevent his people from leaving Port Royal discouraged and disheartened.
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Proverbially, that he himself shall fill it, and hold the stage from its commencement to its end.
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