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Decisions about who will be running what at the new NBC-Comcast venture won't be finalized for another 9 to 12 months while regulators in Washington scru-tinize the particulars of the deal.
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Decisions about who will be running what at the new NBC-Comcast venture won't be finalized for another 9 to 12 months while regulators in Washington scru-tinize the particulars of the deal.
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July 26, 2008 at 2:05 pm yez, an den teh inntertubes scru u up ennywais! at leez dey do 2 mii
u unnerstand internetz nao? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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She rarely looked at herself in the mirror, except when she washed her face or brushed her hair, but now she found she was subjecting herself to a prolonged and critical scru tiny.
Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001
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Via this site you can also reach the pages of the Park Service's Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (www. nps.gov/scru/home. htm) and read about shipwrecks in American waters.
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"Thou dost strike me as a creature of expedience, without scru - ples."
Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988
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The latter scru 'tmized it, then put it down on the table beside him with a nod.
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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If the criminal law as we now understand it should disappear and in its place there were to be a system of social control scru - pulously avoiding judgments of fault and responsibility, would we be better or worse off?
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY HERBERT MORRIS 1968
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Essential Salt of the Round Leaf Cornel, one scru.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
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After a professional scru - tiny, prolonged to the limit of politeness, 'Pardon me,' he said; 'one asking information should be willing to impart it.
Can Such Things Be Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1909
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