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If there have been declines in national IQs this may have causes other than those proposed above.
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If life and death did not both present themselves to us, there would be no inscrutability.
If there were only darkness, all would be clear.
If there were only the mess, all would be clear ; ;
If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??
If you had screamed right there in the street where we stood, I could not have felt more fear.
If there was ever a thought in her mind she might devote her life to religion, it was now dispelled.
If she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.
If the Stearns were not there, grace would be omitted.
If, as Reid says, `` nearly all his poetry was produced when he was not taking opium '', there may be some reason to doubt that he was under its influence in the period from 1896 to 1900 when he was writing the poems to Katie King and making plans for another book of verse.
If there be a disinterested patriot in America, 'tis General Washington, and his bravery, none can question ''.
If they do as well as they did in 1960 there can be no complaint.
If there were no West Berlin problem, imperialist quarters would have invented an excuse for stepping up the armaments race to try to solve the internal and external problems besetting the United States and its NATO partners.
If either one ever started making promises, there is no telling where the promises would end.
If one follows the reports of the Congress, one finds that there still seems considerable uncertainty in the minds of the leaders themselves about what exactly to do in this matter.
If he were to go with White, he would be out there two days, not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san, but moving ever deeper into enemy land -- behind Papa-san -- itself.
If their schedules were to synchronize, there was no point in wasting time.
If there was a fire or a flood he would save Mama first and Violet next.
If only there was a clock for him to crawl against.
If nothing is produced, there is no obligation to repay.
-- If there are outside windows in the basement corner where you build a shelter, they should be shielded as shown in the Appendix, page 29.
If there is time after the warning, the basement shielding could be improved substantially by blocking windows with bricks, dirt, books, magazines, or other heavy material.
If there is anything which we can do in the executive branch of the Government to speed up the processes by which we come to decisions on matters on which we must act promptly, that in itself would be a major contribution to the conduct of our affairs.
If you file a Form 1040, you should indicate in the place provided that there is an overpayment of tax and the amount you want refunded and the amount you want credited against your estimated tax.
If there are any major restrictions, they usually can be obtained in printed form.
If you plan to add cooling later to your heating system, there are things to watch for.
If and have
If he had married her, he'd have been asking for trouble.
`` If you hadn't I'd have killed you ''.
If we have to we'll take him apart and see what he's made of ''!!
If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;
If it were not that I knew who it was I could have mistaken it for my Aunt so well did her clothes fit him.
`` If you can conveniently let me have twenty dollars '', he wrote one friend in 1791 when he was Secretary of the Treasury.
If these people were denied a voice ( do they have a moral right to a voice??
If we want respect from ourselves or others, we will have to earn it.
If he had been `` liquidated '' in some way, he would have become a martyr, a rallying point for people who shared his ideas.
If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.
If you cut down these horrible buildings you'll have no more traffic jams.
If I am to speak the whole truth about my knowledge of love, I will have to stop trying to emulate the transcendant nightingale.
If we grasp this opportunity to build an age of productive partnership between the less fortunate nations and those that have already achieved a high state of economic advancement, we will make brighter the outlook for a world order based upon security and freedom.
If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been, Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect.
If only for this modest masterpiece of military history, Blenheim is likely to be read and reread long after newer interpretations have perhaps altered our picture of the Marlborough wars.
If Gorton wanted peace and quiet for his complicated meditations this is where he should have had it.
If Krutch is correct, tragedy may have quite the opposite effect.
`` If you can firmly make the good knight sure to pleasure our Corporation '', Sturley wrote, `` besides that ordinary allowance for your diet you shall have 20 for recompence ''.
If he borrowed money from Shakespeare or with his help, he would now have been able to repay the loan.
If any one of them has any power to veto the Secretary General's decisions the nature of the organization will have changed.
If he can bounce back with one of those 25 home runs years, the club will have to be better off offensively.
If he can't play with Mommy's magazines, he should have some old numbers of his own.
If they also defeat the school bill, the GOP task force won't have much research to do.
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