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In many instances we have modified the circulation of the veins of the neck and head as well as of the veins of certain organs.
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Last month, Maher Arar of Canada detailed his ordeal at the hands of Attorney General John Ashcroft's shadowy security "organs."
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Let us see how well he could get along without the "organs."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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The walls of the head are double, with a great air-chamber between them, over the smallest and most closely crowded "organs."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Let us see how well he could get along without the "organs."
Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Thomas L. Masson 1900
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The walls of the head are double, with a great air-chamber between them, over the smallest and most closely crowded "organs."
Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Thomas L. Masson 1900
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Let us see how well he could get along without the "organs."
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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An extra convolution, No. 9, Destructiveness, according to the list beneath, which was not to be seen in the plate, itself a copy of Nature, was very liberally supplied by the artist, to meet the wants of the catalogue of "organs."
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The walls of the head are double, with a great air-chamber between them, over the smallest and most closely crowded "organs."
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Let us see how well he could get along without the "organs."
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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