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by reason of the uncertain light and
The man who milks before daylight in a dark barn when the thermometer is 28° below zero, and who hits his boots by reason of the uncertain light and prudishness of the cow, is a marked man.
— from Bill Nye's Sparks by Bill Nye

by raising of the upper lip and
Simultaneously a tic of the right side of the face was observed, distinguished by raising of the upper lip and closure of the palpebral aperture.
— from Tics and Their Treatment by Henry Meige

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