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Additional decorations such as raisons, whole grain Cheerios, shaved coconut, mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, and sprinkles.
unknown title 2009
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Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point; on le sait en mille choses.
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My hunting mates tried the chocolate covered raisons on me once, beat them to it.
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My hunting mates tried the chocolate covered raisons on me once, beat them to it.
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Oui, et pour plusieurs raisons : le peuple révolté nous en supplie, la Ligue arabe et donc les pays voisins demandent cette intervention, et notre conscience de la souffrance du peuple libyen, et de ce qui attend les insurgés si Qaddafi gagne sa guerre contre son propre peuple, nous l'exige.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: 'Just War' And The Intervention In Libya Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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Un professeur de l'Université de Montréal analyse les raisons pour lesquelles la chanteuse québécoise ne perce pas le marché hispanophone.
here we go again... angryblackbitch 2009
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If people like Yoav, Maajid, Oscar, Christopher and David can continue to pave the way for human rights practitioners to successfully integrate technology to address their raisons d'être, then there is an increased likelihood the broader community will take note and invest in overcoming inertia with innovation.
Daniel Teweles: Human Rights and Technology: A No-Brainer Daniel Teweles 2010
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Although giving Europe more geopolitical heft is one of the union's raisons d'être, this task has no constituency; these distant wars, coupled with plunging defense expenditures mainly due to the economic downturn, are tempering the appetite for new burdens.
As nationalism rises, will the European Union fall? Charles Kupchan 2010
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Les raisons sont bien beaux: Correspondence de guerre d'un rural, 1914-1916.
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Le Traitement des prisonniers francais en Allemagne, d'après l'interrogatoire des prisonniers ramenés d'Allemagne en Suisse pour raisons de santé.
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