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Three closely-related subjects like those would not have been convincing to the admissions officers of my day.
Meeja studies Norfolk Blogger 2009
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This species can be distinguished from other closely-related kites by its rounded tail both the black kite, Milvus migrans, and red kite, M. milvus, have V-shaped tails, rich chestnut plumage and contrasting white head and breast, and large, dark eyes.
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And that all reminded me of closely-related pork cracklings, the crispy brown bits you get when rendering pork lard or frying down strips of salt pork.
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The other advantage is that, when I'm 50 and completely alone, one or more of my 18-year-old daughters might trace me and fall for me through the phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction (where closely-related people who have been separated since birth tend to get the hots for each other).
Never reply to speam amuchmoreexotic 2008
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So these fish, then; the interesting thing is that although they appear to all be female and effectively have daughters who are clones of themselves, they still mate with male fish of a closely-related species.
FFS amuchmoreexotic 2008
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But, on a very closely-related and somewhat-overlapping theme, I'd have to award the Biggest Loser to the people pushing strongly for some version of the public option, Medicare-for-all, or single-payer healthcare reform.
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But, on a very closely-related and somewhat-overlapping theme, I'd have to award the Biggest Loser to the people pushing strongly for some version of the public option, Medicare-for-all, or single-payer healthcare reform.
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But, on a very closely-related and somewhat-overlapping theme, I'd have to award the Biggest Loser to the people pushing strongly for some version of the public option, Medicare-for-all, or single-payer healthcare reform.
Chris Weigant: My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1] Chris Weigant 2010
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They claim that researchers only believe in linguistic universals because they've only looked at a relatively small number of often closely-related languages, and they bring up counter-examples to proposed universals found in obscure languages.
Archive 2010-07-01 GamesWithWords 2010
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They claim that researchers only believe in linguistic universals because they've only looked at a relatively small number of often closely-related languages, and they bring up counter-examples to proposed universals found in obscure languages.
Do Language Universals Exist? GamesWithWords 2010
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