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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.


Stephen Ambrose

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As we wave our goodbyes,
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I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth...
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CARL LEVIN Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living.
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RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun.
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And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
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AMBROSE BIERCE The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
AMBROSE BIERCE Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of ...
AMBROSE BIERCE Alliance. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserte...
AMBROSE BIERCE ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply in...
AMBROSE BIERCE Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intima...
AMBROSE BIERCE ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn."Eat ...
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