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    In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.

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I mean, so what?,

I mean, so what?,

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I'm going to have a big bruise.

I'm going to have a big bruise.

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Then we started going once a month to Pennsylvania and would practice reading commercials and on the runway.

Then we started going once a month to Pennsylvania and would practice reading commercials and on the runway.

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They never, ever stop playing hard no matter what. I couldn't be more proud of everything they've accomplished.

They never, ever stop playing hard no matter what. I couldn't be more proud of everything they've accomplished.

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People see a half-mile of clean road and think they can drive 75, and that's just not the case. They read more

People see a half-mile of clean road and think they can drive 75, and that's just not the case. They need to slow down and be careful.

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Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.

Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.

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We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at read more

We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at our best mentally and physically in the tournament.

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One of the biggest drivers in the male marketplace now in cosmetic surgery is men who are 40-plus who use read more

One of the biggest drivers in the male marketplace now in cosmetic surgery is men who are 40-plus who use this as a tool to look healthy, to look young, to look vibrant.

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This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. If FERC accepts this settlement and thereby read more

This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. If FERC accepts this settlement and thereby punishes Maine for restructuring, it will be a clear message that they have abandoned the nation's experiment with electric power sector deregulation.

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