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Note that my point in using terms ike "responsible homeowners" and "feckless speculators" is not about shifting the terms of the debate.
"It's not that the housing market has suddenly gotten sick and needs medicine. It was sick, and it's getting better." Ann Althouse 2009
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Waka ma ka moeuhane e hoihoi ia Laieikawai i Paliuli, mamuli o ka ike a ka Makaula.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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The bottom right front corner has a embossed circles, kind of ike a stamp of authenticity, and in French it reads Pur beurre de cacao.
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The bottom right front corner has a embossed circles, kind of ike a stamp of authenticity, and in French it reads Pur beurre de cacao.
May 2008 2008
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o Hilo, me Hamakua, ia manawa ka ike ana mai a ka Makaula ia Aiwohikupua
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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"Do wivers do to bed dus 'ike' ittle dirls?" demanded Tot, whose young existence was embittered by that seemingly needless ceremony.
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"I 'ike 'em all," remarked Trouble, while Janet was rubbing the big
The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection Howard Roger Garis 1917
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With oil platforms, gasoline refineries, and other key facilities all affected by the hurricane, it's no wonder this storm put the "ike" in the phrase "gasoline price spike."
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So people come to their platform, read the sign, jump straight up in the air and say "Ach!" ike cartoon characters, point and chatter to each other, and then run down the stairs to try to run to catch the subway so that they can just miss their northbound train in Furth.
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In the team's most finely timed routines—ike their now-classic mash-up of Sondheim's "Getting Married Today" with Jon Hendricks 's "Cloudburst"—they're as much Abbott & Costello as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.
A Lot of Love on the Stage Will Friedwald 2011
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