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  • She sent twenty noats a day to ask for him, calling him her beloved, her unfortunat, her hero, her wictim, and I dono what.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush 2006

  • The driver lifted up the unfortunat 'girl, carried her into the cabin, an' placed her in a chair, regardless

    Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844

  • She sent twenty noats a day to ask for him, calling him her beloved, her unfortunat, her hero, her wictim, and I dono what.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Considerin­g the stigmatism and fear of reactions if they come out as a teen, it's unfortunat ­e that they feel the need to abuse themselves to either "fit in" or to cope.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Considerin­g the stigmatism and fear of reactions if they come out as a teen, it's unfortunat ­e that they feel the need to abuse themselves to either "fit in" or to cope.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • I know he made mistakes and did abondone his kids ..very unfortunat

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • And I can't help but think that Ed Schultz had at least some subliminal inspiratio ­n from Dan Ackroyd and "Point/Cou­nterpoint" mid-70s SNL in his unfortunat ­e statement.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Christine Bronstein 2011

  • On it's face this seems a good position to take, but unfortunat ­ely they act in haste as was pointed out.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • They are just the unfortunat ­e ones to have been caught.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Stephens 2012

  • And I can't help but think that Ed Schultz had at least some subliminal inspiratio ­n from Dan Ackroyd and "Point/Cou­nterpoint" mid-70s SNL in his unfortunat ­e statement.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Christine Bronstein 2011

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