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  • The primary care environment that the internist turned officist now faces is-for many of us-not worth doing. posted by james gaulte @ 2:52 AM

    American College Physicians (ACP) endorses house bill that allows NP lead Medical Homes james gaulte 2009

  • The primary care environment that the internist turned officist now faces is-for many of us-not worth doing. posted by james gaulte @ 2:52 AM

    Archive 2009-06-01 james gaulte 2009

  • Let us see it for what it is-for what it has always been, and act accordingly.

    What if they gave a War? 2006

  • And since the moving cause in the case of natural things is-for man, for instance, man, and in the products of thought the form or its contrary, there will be in a sense three causes, while in a sense there are four.

    Metaphysics Aristotle 2002

  • When people ask how my mother managed to keep my father's memory alive, all I can say is-for my mother, he never left.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • Now the day has finally come-or will come tomorrow, that is-for those in the US to find out why folks in Europe seem to love Spotify so much.

    Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011

  • Now the day has finally come-or will come tomorrow, that is-for those in the US to find out why folks in Europe seem to love Spotify so much.

    Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011

  • O! the charming city-I believe it is-for I have not seen a syllable yet, only the

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757

  • What I like most about ASOIAF is that it is-for the first two books at least-so very much like the Wars of The Roses/100 Years War resettled in a slightly fantastical environment.

    Just Another Pretty Farce 2010

  • Within this visual transgression lies an ancient fascination wherein the virile erection is-for wont of a better term-a magic wand.

    The Evening Class Maya 2010

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