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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Is it just me, or does this sentence seem... well, strange?
The speaker of Guinea-Bissau's parliament took the oath of office as president Tuesday, a day after the man who ruled this tiny, coup-prone West African nation for 22 years was gunned down in front of his wife inside their villa.I mean, "coup-prone" nations don't generally have a 22-year-long rule, do they? They have 22 years of, well, coups.
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At 10:01 PM, March 07, 2009
Anonymous had this to say...
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At 12:47 PM, March 08, 2009
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->He successfully fended them all off! Except the last one.
Yes, I suppose you can have an unsuccessful coup (people are always talking about successful ones), but it seems odd, still.
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