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But if it's genuine, Gates's transformation comes at the right time-for the agency and for Gates.
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Again, if by taking the extreme moment of the time-for it is the moment that defines the time, and time is that which is intermediate between moments-we are enabled to say that motion has taken place in the whole time ChRh or in fact in any period of it, motion may likewise be said to have taken place in every other such period.
Physics Aristotle 2002
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Doing good refers either to the preservation of life and the means of life, or to wealth, or to some other of the good things which it is hard to get either always or at that particular place or time-for many gain honour for things which seem small, but the place and the occasion account for it.
Rhetoric Aristotle 2002
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In an hour, old Balandar would be snor-ing, and Vincus would recover the time-for reading, for sleeping or eating.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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Now was the most dangerous time-for his own mission in the city, and for Fordus's rebellion in the outlands.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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Then there was no more time-for the whirlwind was upon them, roaring like a waterfall, shrieking like a legion of the damned, howling like a hundred thousand mindless monsters -- and the world came apart.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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And that requires adequate time-for consultation with the provinces and interested Canadians; and to make Canadians familiar with the proposed new system and ensure a smooth transition to it.
Tax Reform 1987
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Would there be time-for him, for her, for Spock-while they stood under the shadow of the Phoenix-and the Fire Dragon?
The Fate of the Phoenix Culbreath, Myrna 1979
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Let's remind ourselves that Lucifer has been with us-this time-for nearly two centuries.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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The Tudeh Party, which up to this time-for all the benevolent and benign cooperation afforded by the Soviet officials-had muddled along and not gone very far, was suddenly galvanized into new power.
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