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It began when a one-lunged fish lunged from the sea and got stuck on the land. From there it continued in its inexorable way, never to be routed from the course on which it was routed. |
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A country where civilization could flower |
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because the Nile was such a powerful flower. |
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A femme fatale who could entrance men |
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from the moment of her entrance. |
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A queen know to lower at servants |
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rather than deal with problems of the day. |
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United States Constitution |
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A political compact originally entered into |
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by a not very compact group of thirteen states. |
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The Great Emancipator, who tragically received a wound that wound up fatal. |
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A golfing President, who was often putting putting ahead of state affairs. |
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A politician who, even when his status had peaked, |
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managed nonetheless to look peaked. |
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Negative Balance of Trade |
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The import of what we import, |
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if it's more than we export. |
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An overage actor with a budget overage |
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who wanted to excise the excise tax |
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A billionaire campaigner who liked to brag how stingy |
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he would be with the public purse, |
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while firing stingy barbs at his opponents.
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