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If this and a silly cartoon are what gets the black community the most outraged, then there must be a severe hortage of real racism for them to bitch about.
Gothamist 2009
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Would-belonors who forget or refuse oto keep appointments at blood banks are contributing to a hortage in blood supplies, an officialo arns.
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Would-belonors who forget or refuse oto keep appointments at blood banks are contributing to a hortage in blood supplies, an officialo arns.
bilby commented on the word hortage
"A property once considered valueless, except for the scanty returns of its tillage or hortage, became a mine of wealth which may enrich many succeeding generations." - 'Lanark', Alasdair Gray.
December 2, 2007