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I can't divulge his age.

He was contending for power.

Never mind that the movie, a harrowing based-on-fact tale of slavery in antebellum America, has been met with mostly rapturous notices.

But Mix said those kinds of errors are often “intelligent” mistakes that belie at least a partial grasp of the underlying math.

Party supporters were similarly bellicose, chanting “We are ready to fight again!” outside their headquarters.

Her voice full of passion, her words turned from haunting to exuberant:

He tested fans with excursions into noise rock and sometimes verbally harangued critics.

Clumps of proteins twisted into aberrant shapes cause the prion diseases that have perplexed biologists for decades. Scientific American (Oct 16, 2013)

Xi called for fewer empty words from cadres, less obsequious treatment of top leaders and, most important of all, fewer ostentatious banquets. 

Strolling home that day, Ms. Schilling had a quiet epiphany.

For instance, she cites Alta, Utah, where precipitous canyons frequently failed to hold deep snow. Seattle Times (Dec 5, 2013)

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It is his misfortune that, to the doubters, the more vehement the protestation, the more forced it sounds. BBC (Nov 18, 2013)

First, an attack on the meretricious "horse racing" of books prizes, followed up by a left hook at sponsor Booker McConnell's roots in colonial exploitation.

Furthermore, the Saudis have been the most recalcitrant about Syrian peace talks slated for Jan. 22 in Geneva.