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"Retaliation from the emirate could come against lucrative deals with aircraft maker Boeing and by curtailing the docking of hundreds of American ships, including U.S. Navy ships, each year at its port in the [UAE]."
Raimondo on Dubai's Potential Backlash JDsg 2006
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"Retaliation from the emirate could come against lucrative deals with aircraft maker Boeing and by curtailing the docking of hundreds of American ships, including U.S. Navy ships, each year at its port in the [UAE]."
Archive 2006-03-01 JDsg 2006
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Retaliation is but an indifferent defence, and is seldom needed, except in a bad cause.
Rural Hours 1887
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My latest book, Retaliation, is about a teen girl who is violently attacked by three girls that she doesn’t know.
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"'Retaliation'", says Sir Walter Scott, "had the effect of placing the author on a more equal footing with his Society than he had ever before assumed."
All About Coffee 1909
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Here was the spectre of iron impassible, implacable, inflexible, which men call Retaliation; and this spectre mingled with the guests.
The Companions of Jehu Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Criminal Minds 5x11, "Retaliation," written by Erica Messer, directed by Felix Enrique-Alcata
i need a verb coffeeem 2009
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"Retaliation" was the second leading cause, followed by romantic rejection and obsession.
Report examines violent attacks on U.S. college campuses 2010
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Verdicts were passed upon the literary products of the day in much the same manner as at Button's, and it should not be forgotten that Goldsmith's "Retaliation" had its origin at a meeting at this house.
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In Goldsmith's poem, entitled "Retaliation," a line occurs, which is to me unintelligible, at least a part of it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 Various
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