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  • I wouldn't mind reading everyone's opinions, no matter how out-there, but OneVoice seems to just want to say flammatory things for no other purpose than stirring up drama.

    New poll shows white women supporting McCain after chosing Palin - Feministing 2008

  • "We have been treating the trees on a ten mile radius with an anti - flammatory solution for several years as well, and it is quite impossible to set them on fire."

    The Revolutions of Time Jonathan Dunn

  • If it wer'n't for the 'flammatory rheumatiz that took me last winter, I wouldn't want Netty's help, no manner of way.

    The Planter's Northern Bride 1854

  • LUCKNOW: BJP leader Maneka Gandhi was on Friday not allowed to meet her son and the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, who is in Etah jail district facing charges under the National Security Act following his alleged in flammatory speeches against Muslims last month.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • Unfortunately Canada is in the middle of a federal election, so all the politicians are pouring gasoline on the fire by making flammatory remarks about oil company price gouging.

    The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future 2008

  • It gives great concern to his Ma - jefty to find that the fame mods - ration which appeared by your letter to have L "" ii iadopted at the begin - 'ning of the feflion in a full aflembly, had not continued, and that, inftead of that fpirit of prudence and relpeft to the conftitution, which feemed at that time to influence the condu£l of a large majority of the members, a thin houfe at the end of the feflion ftiould have prefumed to revert to, and refolve upon a njieafure of fo in - flammatory a nature as that of writing to the other colonies on the fubjed of their intended reprcfentations againft feme late afts of parliament.

    A Collection of interesting, authentic papers relative to the dispute between Great Britain and America [microform] : shewing the causes and progress of that misunderstanding from 1764 to 1775 1777

  • 'Into the (ame ulcer, which continued to form good/«/, I poured m quantity of freih femm, which was feparated from the blood of a patitot labouring under an acute rheumaiifm, and exhibited an in - flammatory buffi I left, as in the lad experiment, a fmall quantity of/ «i, to ad as a ferroeiit« and covered it with lead.

    The Monthly Review 1776

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