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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alana Sykes)
Sat Jul 28 09:33:03 2007
From: "Alana Sykes" <ledamelissa@bie.leitz.org>
To: "Libertarians-discussion" <libertarians-discussion@mit.edu>
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nd comfort to the grievously wounded. =20When Paul turne=
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d for nearly three minutes, holding the rat in the air, a perfect case of =
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th a hundred and six bucks to go with the four hundred in my wallet? =
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rrow and disgust=A0=97 most of all wonder that a man who looked this bad s=
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own (except, of course, when she was calling him a sissy and a bawl-baby).=
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say anything to get me in trouble or smear my name. =
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s almost too small. =20It could be spoiled, he knew that =
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uld talk, that this was all wrong =97 she was supposed to be dozing in her=
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