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The authors quote oil engineers: “If one wins a tract against two or three others, he may feel fine about his good fortune. But how should he feel if he won against 50 others? Ill.”
The speech included a call for quiet and calm as "our world seems to spin ever faster", with King Charles quoting poet TS Eliot's words about finding the "still point of the turning world".
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A private company has quoted him £20,000 to clear the site, which would include fees to test the waste for contaminants such as asbestos.
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Lachlan Murdoch has been quoted as saying that the resolution is "good news for investors" and "gives us clarity about our strategy going forward".
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Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book on the institution of the family—rendered bittersweet by his own illegitimate identity; Mr. Luzzi quotes Alberti liberally.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.