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June 4, 1963, John F. Kennedy signed the Presidential decree,
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When I said that the possessors of sovereign power have rights over everything, and that all rights are dependent on their decree,
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In the meantime, the faculty having issued, in 1566, a decree forbidding the use of antimony, and the parliament having confirmed the said decree,
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But 450 Old EOB is now called, by executive decree,
Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart ITY National Archives 1999
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And thine arms shall embrace as thy bride, I decree,
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Was her husband -- Hush! soldier, 'twas Heaven's decree,
How the Flag Became Old Glory Emma Look Scott
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On the 1st of July the Committee of Public Safety passed a decree,
Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton Anonymous
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Ah! couldst thou break thro 'fate's severe decree,
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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The golden image awes them not, nor yet the king's decree,
Poems of the Heart and Home J. C. Yule
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Another mighty struggle 'gainst a tyrant's fell decree,
War Poetry of the South Various
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