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The trade’s unofficial motto—“deliver or die”—has never rung so true.

“Pluribus” may be the only Latin most Americans are familiar with, assuming they ever looked closely at a coin; it’s the “many” portion of the unofficial American motto that translates to “Out of many, one.”

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He ludicrously heralded the deal as an example of his “get stuff done” motto.

His directness took her by surprise, as did his unwitting use of the Swanburne motto.

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“It is the Swanburne motto: ‘No hopeless case is truly without hope.’”

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