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But still, Samuel Pepys notes in his diary on 19 July 1667: " The Dutch fleete are in great squadrons everywhere still about Harwich, and were lately at Portsmouth ; and the last letters say at Plymouth, and now gone to Dartmouth to destroy our Streights ' fleete lately got in thither ; but God knows whether they can do it any hurt, or no, but it was pretty news come the other day so fast, of the Dutch fleets being in so many places, that Sir W. Batten at table cried, By God, says he, I think the Devil shits Dutchmen.
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" The overwhelming majority ," notes BBS editor Stevan Harnad, " still think that the Chinese Room Argument is dead wrong.
His image appeared on previous series of NT $ 500 and NT $ 1000 notes ; the NT $ 1, $ 5, and $ 10 coins still bear his portrait on the obverse.
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Players still dip harmonicas in water for the way it affects tone and ease of bending notes.
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militissa ), Du Cange notes that still in his day ( 17th c .), the female canons of the canonical monastery of St. Gertrude in Nivelles ( Brabant ), after a probation of 3 years, are made knights ( militissae ) at the altar, by a ( male ) knight called in for that purpose, who gives them the accolade with a sword and pronounces the usual words.
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Douglas Adams writes in the notes accompanying the published volume of original radio scripts that he wanted Slartibartfast's name to sound very rude, but still actually be broadcastable.
One exception to these laws exists in Crown Casino, any player with a VIP loyalty card can still insert $ 100 notes and use the autoplay feature, whereby the machine will continue to play without player intervention until credit is exhausted or the player intervenes.
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