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“It wasn’t about the pay or anything other than knowing the woman’s story has to be told. I love both of them in the very same way. That’s when you sit back while you’re driving home or having your morning coffee and you think, ‘How fortunate am I?’

“People don’t want to be told that crime rates are low when razor blades and hair spray have to be locked up,” Republican strategist Rob Stutzman says.

Mr Toplass complained to telecoms regulator Ofcom, only to be told it does not deal with individual cases.

From BBC

We might be told that color has something to do with light, or even be shown a prism, through which light refracts to produce a rainbow.

From Salon

Although it took decades for the codebreakers' story to be told, their successes show just how brilliant women can be—and how much can be achieved when everyone has a chance to shine.

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

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