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It may not sit well with the voters in Iowa, where informal and honest exchanges with candidates are highly valued -- emphasis on the word honest.
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He might perhaps unconsciously have emphasized the word honest.
In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Horatio Alger 1865
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He does not read this, and so cannot take exceptions, and I hope you will not, at the word honest.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Samuel Richardson 1725
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This is a letter extraordinary, to do and say nothing but recommend to you (as a clergyman, and a charitable one) a pious and a good work, and for a good and an honest man: moi-eover, he is above seventy, arid poor, which you might think included in the word honest.
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Pursue your studies in the way your conscience can name honest.
Paras. 1-24 1909
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Pursue your studies in the way your conscience can name honest.
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A ruined spendthrift, although he may have many good qualities, can never, strictly speaking, be termed honest.
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Pursue your studies in the way your conscience calls honest.
On the Choice of Books Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Obama has consistently said he favors a public option only to help cover those who don't have health insurance and to keep private insurers "honest."
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President Barack Obama says he strongly supports inclusion of a public option in any reform legislation as necessary to keep the private industry "honest."
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