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“It’s like being on a roller coaster. You know there’s going to be a huge plummet, but then there’s an uprise.”

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“Then another horrible incident occurs and the faculty uprise in such a quick manner, like a wildfire,” Tierney said.

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It is a shameful aspect of the human kind that the nations who uprise against one dictator always choose another one in its place.

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I’ve noticed the uprise for some time now, being in France for the past two elections with Marine Le Pen every time in the first round.

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You can see sports and entertainment on the uprise.

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

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