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"Figuratively, " he wrote, "I have been on my way to Washington ever since, to get my father's bonus."
Arlen Specter: Senate Tenure Not Defined By Party Label AP 2011
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"Figuratively, " he wrote, "I have been on my way to Washington ever since, to get my father's bonus."
Arlen Specter: Senate Tenure Not Defined By Party Label AP 2011
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"Figuratively" would have been a better word, but he made the point.
Am I the only one worried about Social Security? - Swampland - TIME.com 2007
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"Figuratively, " he wrote, "I have been on my way to Washington ever since, to get my father's bonus."
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"Figuratively," he said, "a spy in war should be at the point of a bayonet."
Latest Articles 2009
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"Figuratively," he said, "a spy in war should be at the point of a bayonet."
Power Line 2009
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"Figuratively," he said, "a spy in war should be at the point of a bayonet."
Power Line 2009
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"Figuratively," he said, "a spy in war should be at the point of a bayonet."
Power Line 2009
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"Figuratively, I think he really did go back to the grave," Mr. Taccone says.
Play Spotlights Killing of Moscone Vauhini Vara 2012
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It continued: “Figuratively one can say the rich need nothing and the poor have nothing and the following religious beliefs are popular: ‘nothing is greater than God, nothing more evil than the devil.’”
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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