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perhaps Lee is not guilty
I was at that time very angry at the FBI because I thought perhaps Lee is not guilty, and they have merely tricked him.
— from Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

petroleum light industries natural gas
Exports: $11.4 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: petroleum and natural gas 97% partners: Italy 21%, France 16%, US 14%, Germany 13%, Spain 9% Imports: $9 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: capital goods 39.7%, food and beverages 21.7%, consumer goods 11.8% (1990) partners: France 29%, Italy 14%, Spain 9%, US 9%, Germany 7% External debt: $26 billion (1994) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 6,380,000 kW production: 16.384 billion kWh consumption per capita: 630 kWh (1992) Industries: petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing Agriculture: accounts for 12.8% of GDP (1993 est.) and employs 22% of labor force; products- wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits, sheep, cattle; net importer of food - grain, vegetable oil, sugar Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-85), $1.4 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $925 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.8 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $2.7 billion; net official disbursements (1985-89), $375 million Currency: 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1 - 36.008 (April 1994), 23.345 (1993), 21.836 (1992), 18.473 (1991), 8.958 (1990), 7.6086 (1989)
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

profane lazy idle noisy groveling
Why, Sister, this Rogue here—this unintelligible graceless Rascal here, will needs set up for a Rakehell, when there’s scarce such a thing in the Nation, above an Ale-draper’s Son; and chuses to be aukardly out of fashion, merely for the sake of Tricking and Poverty; and keeps company with the senseless, profane, lazy, idle, noisy, groveling Rascals, purely for the sake of spending his Estate like a notorious Blockhead: But I’ll take care he shall not have what I can dispose of—You’ll be a Rake-hell, will you?
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume IV by Aphra Behn

primitive lust is not going
And that letting loose of a primitive lust is not going to be without its effect on a man's character.
— from A Student in Arms: Second Series by Donald Hankey

practical life is necessarily governed
Now practical life is necessarily governed by force rather than by affection, because it requires unremitting and laborious activity.
— from A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life by Auguste Comte

petroleum light industries natural gas
Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: 6,380,000 kW capacity; 16,834 million kWh produced, 630 kWh per capita (1992) Industries: petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing Agriculture: accounts for 10.8% of GDP (1991) and employs 22% of labor force; products- wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits, sheep, cattle; net importer of food - grain, vegetable oil, sugar Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-85), $1.4 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $925 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.8 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $2.7 billion; net official disbursements (1985-89), -$375 million Currency: 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes *Algeria, Economy Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1 - 22.787 (January 1993), 21.836 (1992), 18.473 (1991), 8.958 (1990), 7.6086 (1989), 5.9148 (1988)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

present let it not grieve
And [Pg 22] whosoever shall have received a present, let it not grieve him if it be given to another.
— from The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison

place Life is no grimace
For the Earth, I say, is an earnest place; Life is no grimace, but a most serious fact.
— from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle


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