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“We believe that the U.S. and Russia can cooperate basically on everything in the Arctic,” he said.

They didn’t have official Black Friday sales during the cataleptic 1970s, because the economy was in woeful shape and the public had basically given up on the idea of bargains.

"Without it, I basically sit at home," he says.

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The fire, which tore through seven of eight tower blocks in Tai Po district on Wednesday, is now "basically under control", Lee said.

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"So, I'm just going to try and have the best weekends I can, which I try and do every weekend and see what happens to everyone else basically."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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