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Part of me wants my $7.00 back, but a bigger part of me is shattered by her bowing out of the race and the potential after-shocks of her decision.
Ziad Isa Khan: Sarah Palin's Revenge Ziad Isa Khan 2011
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Part of me wants my $7.00 back, but a bigger part of me is shattered by her bowing out of the race and the potential after-shocks of her decision.
Ziad Isa Khan: Sarah Palin's Revenge Ziad Isa Khan 2011
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They had to sleep out in the park as it was too dangerous to stay in the hotel for fear of after-shocks.
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They can argue that Mr. Obama and the Democrats are getting hit with the legacy of the Bush downdraft and the after-shocks of the financial meltdown of September 2008.
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When there are even mild after-shocks following a major earthquake some people are overwhelmed with emotion.
The Psychological Impact of Earthquake in Haiti M.D. Michael Blumenfield 2010
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The terrible destruction and numbers of dead, injured, or still trapped in Haiti after the earthquake and after-shocks are mind-numbing.
Archive 2010-01-01 Steve Perry 2010
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When there are even mild after-shocks following a major earthquake some people are overwhelmed with emotion.
Michael Blumenfield, M.D.: The Psychological Impact of Earthquake in Haiti 2010
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The terrible destruction and numbers of dead, injured, or still trapped in Haiti after the earthquake and after-shocks are mind-numbing.
Haiti Steve Perry 2010
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The after-shocks of the financial tsunami that we saw have been extremely substantial and you're asking banks to lend into the backdrop of a deteriorating credit pool.
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How much longer can we afford to march into the future treating every happenstance reactively, as a never-ending succession of after-shocks, the price tag for which is extraordinarily high and invariably paid out of the public coffer?
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