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Little told the grand jury she remembered the question more benignly, according to an ABC News story that cited anonymous sources, and said she couldn’t recall Trump recommending they not “play ball.”

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Not unlike the genre of naughty village quirk that gave us “Calendar Girls,” “Wicked Little Letters” is benignly enjoyable in its take on a true story of hidden feelings, farcical expression and righteous action.

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When E. coli fail to attach and colonize the gut, the pathogen benignly moves through and passes out of the body.

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This week in West Seattle, a group called, benignly, Elliott Bay Neighbors, but which is really a who’s-who of major developers, sent a mailing about District 1 candidate Rob Saka that was simply wrong.

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Seeing Aidan through the eyes of people who view him benignly, even lovingly, we feel the danger in each of this monster’s relationships and the ways in which people are blinded to it.

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