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Politically, I am at home in neither place, as I found that I chaffed in the Puget Sound and I chaffe in the Wasatch.
Conservative Suicide/Stupidity? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010
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For anybody out there who is heavier thighed, but has to walk and work in a skirt, simply apply a little roll on deodrant on your thighs and they will not chaffe.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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I really believe either one now, will separate the wheat from the chaffe as far as true conservative candidates.
‘Global Warming Causes Earthquakes.’ Suuuuure it does. | RedState 2010
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There's something I'm gagging to find out - if a man goes 'commando' in jeans, does it chaffe?
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The Katie Courics or Ron Reagans are effective because they are smart enough to generate decent ideas, but not so smart to noticably chaffe when they compromise with the masses.
Rule By Fools Is the Rule, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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So if you want to hear Madonna tell somebody else a long time ago about how those boob-cones really chaffe, and how making love to black religious statues is actually a whole lot of work, then by all means throw in a bid.
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But there's wheat among the chaffe if you take the time to look for it in OL.
Openlife: Is it ready for most Second Lifers? No. But that day doesn't seem so far off Bettina Tizzy 2008
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I think we'd separated a lot of wheat from chaffe over the years, and will continue to do so.
worse than china? 2005
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While I chaffe at the idea that we should have to self-censor, on the other hand, isn't that just another word for being polite and having some regard for the sensitivities of others?
other voices 2006
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While I chaffe at the idea that we should have to self-censor, on the other hand, isn't that just another word for being polite and having some regard for the sensitivities of others?
other voices 2006
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