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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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go and come back: f" |9 e6 D! O8 T9 g: D+ Y* u2 E$ E
We never did
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and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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