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  • March 1778, says -- "Voltaire se Porte bien: il est uniquement occup ` e de sa tragedie d'Ir ` ene; on assure qu'on la jouera de demain en huit: si elle n'a pas de succ ` es, il en mourra."

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757

  • The Palestinians in the territories are under occup ... wkwami "You have no idea what my life's experiences are, let alone what I know or don't know."

    The New Republic - All Feed Marty Peretz 2010

  • Even though few people suffer burns in Sweden, about 16 per 10,000 inhabitants, burn treatment occup ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • In some articles it was "The Qods occupier regime should be eliminated from the surface of earth." or the similar "The Qods occup ying regime must be eliminated from the surface of earth."

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Marzook also slammed calls for Hamas to recognize the right of Israel to exist as "hollow," given Israel's "murderous onslaught" and "military occup [ation]."

    Articles 2009

  • We're "expected to believe (that) Israel is defending itself as though Palestinians .... occup (ied) Israeli territories, besiege (d) Israeli people, bl (ew) up their homes, st (ole) their land, and gun (ned) down their children."

    Ramzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada" 2008

  • We're "expected to believe (that) Israel is defending itself as though Palestinians .... occup (ied) Israeli territories, besiege (d) Israeli people, bl (ew) up their homes, st (ole) their land, and gun (ned) down their children."

    Ramzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada" 2008

  • The salary of the assistant clerk of the mu - nicipal court of the Charlestown district of the city of Boston shall be se\'enty-five per cent and the salary of the second assistant clerk of said court shall be sixty per cent of the salary of the clerk of said court occup; ying the position at the time of the passage of this act.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • The salary of the assistant clerk of the mu - nicipal court of the Charlestown district of the city of Boston shall be se\'enty-five per cent and the salary of the second assistant clerk of said court shall be sixty per cent of the salary of the clerk of said court occup; ying the position at the time of the passage of this act.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • Ils r閜ondirent qu’ils ne pouvoient pour le moment en instruire leur seigneur, parce qu’il 閠oit occup� mais que dans dix jours ils feroient connoitre sa r閜onse, s’il la leur avoit donn閑.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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