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Even though Jones, who is black, and other minority buyers (among them talk-show host Geraldo Rivera) nominally control 55 percent of the company, they are actually putting up onlv 9 percent of the monev and will effectively own only a 9 percent stake.
Love Those Loopholes 2008
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In the evening, about seven, the party turned homeward, expecting no disaster, and it was onlv on the crest of the downs between Wrotham and Kingsdown that disaster came.
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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Cuba was on the eve of elections and Batista seemed to be the onlv candidate worthy of taking seriously.
An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977
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When Henry Wallace, then a presidential candidate, recklessly proclaimed this to be "The Century of the Common Man," he was as wide of the mark as onlv an ambitious politician can be.
An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977
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Since Helva had been speaking onlv from the main cabin, she fostered the tendency for her passengers to forget she had ears and eyes everywhere in the ship.
The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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Since Helva had been speaking onlv from the main cabin, she fostered the tendency for her passengers to forget she had ears and eyes everywhere in the ship.
the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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Liberty, &c., was suggested to he the onlv Motive with him to go on.
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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In the year 1904, the Siamese decided to make a real and loyal effort to find what the actual boundary line was between the two countries-not onlv the diplomatic one on the map.
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They were drinking beer; that is not the onlv difference from yourselves.
Watching the Enemy 1918
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Thoroughly frightened, he stopped onlv long enough to slip them on, and then sped with all his strength for the Limberlost.
Freckles 1904
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