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Our America is not ruled by a petty, vindictive despot wannabe with an outrageous history of criminal and socially abhorrent behavior who imagines he is king.

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Her death was regarded as "unusual" for the city at the time, according to former South Wales Police detective Jeff Norman, who recalled working on mainly petty crimes prior to this big case.

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The prosecution had said Ahmad "may have made a most minor contact" with Franco's girlfriend as he brushed past them, to which Franco "appeared to take some petty exception".

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Richard Wright KC, for the prosecution, said Ahmad "may have made a most minor contact" with Franco's girlfriend, something to which Franco "appeared to take some petty exception".

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‘I don’t wish to be petty’: My mom, 94, is leaving her $1 million estate to me, my brother and his daughter.

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

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