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The costume department must have used every safety pin in town.

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Maralyn crafted a fishing line, using a safety pin from a first-aid kit and a piece of string, and survived on raw fish, turtles and small sharks.

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For those paying close attention, however, it's clear that the GOP is being held together with safety pins.

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Sometimes you don’t even need safety pins, and after dry cleaning, it stays on still sticky.

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“But all the negotiation channels or mechanisms that North and South Korea had for preventing escalation or misunderstandings are gone. The safety pin has been pulled out.”

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

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