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The Brother's go out in persuit of partridges, and I have been fisher-general to the family.
Letter 140 2009
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I am inexpressibly hurt and confounded at this stroke; and it shall operate as a powerful stimulous on my Mind in persuit of that great and Momentous Subject. —
Letter 99 2009
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Redistribution of income is at the root of all of the horrors of the 20th century, all of them perpetrated by governments whose ideology drove them to murder their own people at alarming rates in persuit of redistributing income.
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The sad thing is not just about seeing the once revered Clintons sink to such low depths of desperations but the fact that the rest of their supporters fail so see them now for what they are; arrongant and single minded in persuit of political power.
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He defends the use of a horrific chemical in persuit of a “noble” task to defend “freedom”.
Think Progress » The Truth About ThinkProgress’ White Phosphorus Coverage 2005
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I know we are still in persuit of the Falcon, but I am recieving a message from Coruscant.
Calgon, Take Me Away 2005
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At least the US was not ashamed to admit what their persuit was at the beginning of the 20th century.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Bolton More Committed To Right-Wing Think Tank Than Stopping Genocide 2006
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Being interested in information and intentionally inflicting suffering in the persuit of that information are, surprisingly enough, not mutually exclusive.
Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010
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The constitution of the united states tells us that we have the right to life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness and what better life and what better peace can someone have than to have the freedom to marry the person they are in love with.
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Europe and China will eventually catch up in order to stay in a competitive state with America and other countries in hot persuit.
The CEA on Productivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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