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  • I think pragmatically the politics are such that we would be wise to resist grants and/or contracts directly to ACORN, Inc. but try and either set up separate corporations … or use existing corporations … that are less overtly moving the money di- rectly into ACORN, Inc., though in truth it would be going there in other ways.

    Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010

  • I think pragmatically the politics are such that we would be wise to resist grants and/or contracts directly to ACORN, Inc. but try and either set up separate corporations … or use existing corporations … that are less overtly moving the money di- rectly into ACORN, Inc., though in truth it would be going there in other ways.

    Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010

  • The younger wolves were not bound di - I rectly by it, because they had been whelped after it, but their sires and bitches had impressed the situation on them.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Ai luvs it heer fur manee reezins, wun ob dem bee ing dat core rectly tiping iz nawt nessa sarie!

    Rare specimens of the Lolcatus botanicus - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • Looking at the map, we can see that village T is di- rectly connected to three other villages, the most of any village, and that A is therefore the correct response.

    Slaw » Testing, Testing… » Print 2007

  • ‘Di – rectly, sir,’ said the coachman, with his hands in his pockets, looking as much unlike a man in a hurry as possible.

    Sketches by Boz 2007

  • Looking at the map, we can see that village T is di- rectly connected to three other villages, the most of any village, and that A is therefore the correct response.

    Testing, Testing… — Slaw 2007

  • Looking at the map, we can see that village T is di- rectly connected to three other villages, the most of any village, and that A is therefore the correct response.

    Testing, Testing… — Slaw 2007

  • What think you, my lord, said I, if I should di-rectly apply to Sir

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • May – Fair chapel, and to be married di-rectly; and that the minister

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

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