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By the fall of 2007, my last remaining Iraqi friend in Baghdad had left. Once he was gone, my connection to the country and the war began to thin, even as the terror diminished. I missed the improvement that came with the surge, and so, in my nervous system, I never quite registered it.

~George Packer

Topics: Baghdad Began Came Connection Country Diminished Even Fall Friend Gone Had He Improvement Iraqi Last Left Missed Nervous Nervous System Never Once Quite Registered Remaining Surge System Terror Thin War

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No-one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held America together in its secure and sometime shifting grip first gave way.

~George Packer

Topics: America Began First Gave Grip Held No-One Say Secure Shifting Sometime Together Way

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But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time.

~George Saintsbury

Topics: Began English Englishmen Exceptions Found French Genius He Him Improve Interpret Latin Long Long Time Man Only Rarest Time Write Wrote

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Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.

~George Soros

Topics: Alcohol Began Individual Initiative Just Laws Must National Now Own Process Prohibition Respect States Take

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My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman.

~George Stigler

Topics: Began Chairman College Department Iowa State Teaching Where T

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It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation.

~George Stigler

Topics: Began Detailed Public Regulation Study 1960S

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I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.

~George Strait

Topics: Ability About Actually Any Band Began Clubs Doubts Feel Gave Like Making Notice Old Playing Point Progress Still Want Years

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Back in the day, coming out was something very personal. You began by acknowledging the truth, first to yourself, then to close family and friends. Those of us more in the public spotlight, though, also had to 'come out' to the press.

~George Takei

Topics: Acknowledging Also Back Began Close Come Coming Day Family Family And Friends First Friends Had More Out Personal Press Public Something Spotlight Then Those Though Truth Us Very You Yourself

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Night tennis began at the United States Open in 1975 with certain stars trying to beg out and certain patrons trying to dump unwanted tickets on scalpers.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Beg Began Certain Dump Night Open Out Stars States Tennis Tickets Trying United United States Unwanted

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Hockey historians say the handshake dates to English settlers in Canada, who preached an upper-class version of sportsmanship in the 19th century. Soon, tough kids in urban and prairie rinks began imitating imagined dukes and earls of the old country.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Began Canada Century Country Dates English Handshake Historians Hockey Imagined Imitating Kids Old Prairie Preached Say Settlers Soon Sportsmanship Tough Upper-Class Urban Version Who 19Th Century

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