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  • For all these reasons, we ask the government to step in and create an insurance pool for us-a pool that includes all of the American people.

    The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

  • For all these reasons, we ask the government to step in and create an insurance pool for us-a pool that includes all of the American people.

    The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

  • Every time we discover a new enemy among us-a new enemy we can search out and destroy'there is new hope for our victory in this battle, new hope to create the Kingdom of God on Earth that our Lord Jesus Christ promised us would come!

    Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Darkness closed in upon us-a darkness filled with movement.

    The Mummy Case Peters, Elizabeth 1985

  • Because almost none of us black people have thought that maybe we were making a mistake not wondering if there wasn't a special religion somewhere for us-a special religion for the black man.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • He was going to make bank robbing a safe and easy proposition for us-a sure thing.

    Tom Swift Jr And His Giant Robot Sklar, Richard 1954

  • God has set loose the second deluge upon us-a deluge, a flood, a world-consuming torrent of creatures from hell!

    I Am Legend Matheson, Richard, 1926- 1954

  • THE HONOURABLE G. HOWARD FERGUSON: Gentlemen: I have the peculiar pleasure today of inviting an old personal friend to talk to us-a real Irishman, a thorough-bred, born in the County of Fermanagh.

    The Old Country Carries On 1940

  • And there was I cocking behind a yadvocate that liked the business as little as myself, for it was fair ruin to the pair of us-a black mark, DISAFFECTED, branded on our hurdies, like folk's names upon their kye!

    David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped. 1893

  • Hinomisaki is before us-a semicircle of houses clustering about a bay curve, with an opening in their centre, prefaced by a torii.

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

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