People read these facts that I flush out of the record, their eyes bug out, and I think that demonstrates how little we know about these kind of ugly corners of America.

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The market is flush with options — and so, in theory, are the lower rungs of the 40-man roster.

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It’s a little like the ’60s, when people were dropping acid and having profound “acid insights” along the lines of, “When you flush the toilet, everything goes down!”

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Place the table flush against the wall to maximize a narrow balcony, patio, or deck.

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Walking past the Smithsonian Castle’s rose garden the other day, I was greeted with the odd experience of seeing bushes in full flush, though the blooms had been battered by recent frosts.

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They slip on comfortably and stay flush with the ear, so nothing gets snagged.

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At night, they slept head-to-head on beds bolted flush with each other, close enough to smell each other’s breath, “like husband and wife,” one detainee said.

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SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

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