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common law as much as violations
Taken one by one and separated from the systematic policy which conceived, willed, and ordered them as a means of achieving domination through terror and beyond that as a means of extermination pure and simple; these facts constitute crimes against common law as much as violations of the laws and usages of war and of international law.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various

chicken livers also make a very
The delicately treated chicken livers also make a very good dish, and mushrooms on toast are perfect in their season.
— from Manners and Social Usages by M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson) Sherwood

child labor are many and various
We are only concerned in pointing out that the effects of child labor are many and various.
— from Applied Eugenics by Roswell H. (Roswell Hill) Johnson

compressed lips and making a visible
“Very well; we will drop the subject for the present,” John Hubbard remarked, with compressed lips, and making a visible effort for self-control, “but I want you to think over what I have said, and be prepared to give me a different answer later on.”
— from The Golden Key; Or, A Heart's Silent Worship by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.


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