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May 19, 2008 5: 10: 00 AM CDT imani said ... hey beki, karibu sana tanzania. when do you leave the states? it all sounds very official reading the description of your service .. it's a fun ride i must tell you and it's over before you know it. let us know when you get here and we'll paint the town red! ps. don't listen to james maginot.
“It is easy to see the beginning of things, and harder to see the ends.” B 2008
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A yellow line was scrawled across the driveway -- a maginot line that no media may dare cross.
Georgianne Nienaber: Delta Official: Oil Spill Could Be Hitting Louisiana Coast Now 2010
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The literary with a capitol L types also have their own little maginot lines of snobbery within themselves that most of us aren't even aware of.
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From their web site:"Since the time of the maginot line in Europe, the word bunker has been synonymous with an indestructible, fixed structure built into the ground..."
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Each successive piercing of the 30\% "maginot line" brings about a weaker and weaker counter rally from the market.
Trader's Narrative 2008
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your maginot line has already failed… so stop relying on the soundness of its construction. i can list about a dozen things that are completely unconstitutional.
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First of all, one of the greatest Generals Charles De Gaulle protested the maginot line for those very reasons … The leadership in Europe was wishy-washy about hitler and didn’t take his threats seriously (remember neville chamberlain and appeasement on the whole sudentenland issue?) … They also weren’t very well-prepared for another war, and after just surviving world war one, they were loathe to go to war again if they could avoid it ..
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First of all, one of the greatest Generals Charles De Gaulle protested the maginot line for those very reasons … The leadership in Europe was wishy-washy about hitler and didn’t take his threats seriously (remember neville chamberlain and appeasement on the whole sudentenland issue?) … They also weren’t very well-prepared for another war, and after just surviving world war one, they were loathe to go to war again if they could avoid it.
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First of all, one of the greatest Generals Charles De Gaulle protested the maginot line for those very reasons … The leadership in Europe was wishy-washy about hitler and didn’t take his threats seriously (remember neville chamberlain and appeasement on the whole sudentenland issue?) … They also weren’t very well-prepared for another war, and after just surviving world war one, they were loathe to go to war again if they could avoid it.
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On the other hand, trying to control immigration just at the border doesn’t work. that creates a maginot line that’s relatively easy to get around (and also encourages illegals to stay in the country when they’d rather not.) arbitrary aardvark (Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Words I never expected to write 2010
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