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until now immovable made a spring
But the old passenger, until now immovable, made a spring more rapid than all those wild whirls.
— from The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

used ninety in making a single
On [Pg 60] the other hand, Dr. Lister, of King's College, is not aware of any such difference in sensibility in animals, and Dr. Brunton, of St. Bartholomew's, finds cats such very good animals to operate with that he on one occasion used ninety in making a single experiment.
— from Vivisection by Albert Leffingwell

United Nations in munitions and ships
The superiority of the United Nations in munitions and ships must be overwhelming--so overwhelming that the Axis Nations can never hope to catch up with it.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

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