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I wonder if anyone ever bothered to make the point that when it comes to boats and their motors, Americans excel over any country in the world in the long run.
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As I dug in behind one of the bales we were using as protection, I grudgingly found myself agreeing with Oso's logic, especially when I imagined what would have happened to Missy if Old Knife's large party of screeching warriors had overrun our company.
When I asked him what, if anything, I could do about it, he surprised me by referring me to the director of the hall.
Besides, 'tain't no more'n right for me to follow with my black oxen, so's I can unhook and pull up fast if either of you get in a pinch ''.
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The big man with the whitened hair murmured something: his words sounded as if they were in the Manu tongue, which I recognized, having studied the dialect in my Anthropology 6, class at the University of Chicago.
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Her form was silhouetted and with the strong light I could see the outlines of her body, a body that an artist or anyone else would have admired.
The Vice President said with a slight bluster, `` There isn't anyone who loves the President more than I do.
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