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It's hard to think of much of anything right now but the catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil still spewing from the broken pipe five-thousand feet below the remains of the Deepwater Horizon.
"There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea for me, for you..." greygirlbeast 2010
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It's hard to think of much of anything right now but the catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil still spewing from the broken pipe five-thousand feet below the remains of the Deepwater Horizon.
"There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea for me, for you..." greygirlbeast 2010
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I find it comforting to know that the problems of being human were addressed five-thousand years ago, and in much the same way as they are today; only technology changes.
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But who will intervene to halt their five-thousand year addiction to attempted suicide?
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Joško opened his rucksack, then saw a five-thousand dinar note stuffed into a plastic box between the seats.
Nothing in the World (an excerpt) Roy Kesey 2011
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For instance, how can we devise the technology to drill oil five-thousand feet down in the ocean and not come up with the technology to plug the hole if something goes wrong?
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We made limited amounts, we've pressed a thousand pieces of vinyl and five-thousand pieces in the duel-disc format.
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We made limited amounts, we've pressed a thousand pieces of vinyl and five-thousand pieces in the duel-disc format.
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According to The Consumerist, over five-thousand people who downloaded The Hurt Locker are facing a lawsuit.
Noah Baron: Putting the "Fair" Back in "Fair Use" Noah Baron 2010
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For instance, how can we devise the technology to drill oil five-thousand feet down in the ocean and not come up with the technology to plug the hole if something goes wrong?
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