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  • “They spared neither the women nor the children,” reported an admirer.41 The Venetian ambassador found it “strange and barbarous to see people in every street composedly, deliberately committing acts of cruelty upon inoffensive fellow-countrymen, often acquaintances, even relations.”

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Moreover several of the Irish cricketers would like to follow the career paths taken by Joyce, who played for England against Ireland in the last World Cup, and Eoin Morgan, who would also have been playing for England against his fellow-countrymen here but for a finger injury.

    Ireland players bid to enhance careers against England at World Cup 2011

  • "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war," he said.

    Reliving First Shots of Civil War Timothy W. Martin 2011

  • Finally on suppression, reserved for Lincoln's next to last paragraph, he directed this declaration to the secession states and warning to the border states: In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.

    Dennis Frye: How influential was Abraham Lincoln's inaugural speech in keeping the border states in the Union? 2011

  • Lincoln ended his speech with this message to the people of the South: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war."

    Lincoln inaugural foreshadowed Civil War 2011

  • I had the time of my life meeting my fellow-countrymen from different walks of life, and I think more people should do that.

    Turnstyle: [Interview] In Search of The Real Americans: An Interview with Actor Dan Hoyle Turnstyle 2012

  • "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war," he said.

    Fort Sumter: Undermanned, Outgunned, Low on Supplies Cameron McWhirter 2011

  • “They spared neither the women nor the children,” reported an admirer.41 The Venetian ambassador found it “strange and barbarous to see people in every street composedly, deliberately committing acts of cruelty upon inoffensive fellow-countrymen, often acquaintances, even relations.”

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Sven Domroes , a German commuter who organizes a daily car-share in Stuttgart, says his fellow-countrymen are gradually embracing car-pooling.

    European Commuters Embrace Car-sharing Javier Espinoza 2012

  • Like Collins, of course, he was killed by his own fellow-countrymen before the transition was complete, still in his early 30s.

    Four of Four nwhyte 2008

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