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In Wikipedia:
Despite their ideological differences, MacLeod was a personal favourite of Ontario Progressive Conservative Premier Leslie Frost who gave MacLeod an office at Queen’s Park following his defeat and made him a paid advisor.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Though Nelson Mandela’s speech is without any doubt THE moment of the evening, some of my personal favourite (music) fragments: Queen and Paul Rodgers – part 2, Queen and Paul Rodgers – part 1, Annie Lennox, and Leona Lewis.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I think my personal favourite however, would be the Chosen Few 576 from the Northern Sole collection and the 990 project with Schoeller.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Our personal favourite ‘Globetrotter’ is the wonderful Chrysler Building ring.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They can choose between such things as “The War on Terror’ ’, “Fighting Crime, “Fighting Crime in Our Community’ ’, “Protecting Private Property Rights [against the marauding hordes of homosexual Bolsheviks which have become common in Ottawa of late]’ ’, and my personal favourite, “Encouraging Strong Moral Values’ ’.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Here’s one more poem from Boat People, a personal favourite. 1917 A hard day’s plotting gives a man a thirst.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
My personal favourite, and the other of Montgomery’s adult novels.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Nevertheless, the all – star cast of the latter has long made it a personal favourite of mine, with its dystopic London, all – star cast, oddly meandering storyline and downright odd ending.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Terminal B is our personal favourite (short walk, nice and clear building,..)
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And, to be honest, although I haven’t bought their newest album yet (I’m waiting for it to come down to $ 10), if you actually asked me, I’d probably admit that they’re still a huge personal favourite of mine.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
BY BEAUTIFUL I MEAN DEFORMED Me and Rachel McAdams: Me making Sarah Michelle Gellar look fat: Me and Brad Pitt: OMFG OFMG OFMG OFMG OFMG FGMOGFMOMFGMOFOMGFMOFGMOFOGM AAAARGAGH Here’s a little teaser for you of my personal favourite, ME AND DAVID BOREANAZ: well, that was a lot of words. if anyone reads most or all of this I’ M SORRY MY SENTENCES ARE SO LONG AND CONFUSING, I can *n’t order my thoughts properly: (: (: (I’ SIIIICCKCKKKKKKCKKCKCKCK finis
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“Seven Pounds,’ ’ a story about one man who changes the lives of seven strangers, is a dramatic feature directed by Gabriele Muccino that sees Will Smith teaming up again with the makers of “The Pursuit of Happyness’ ’ that garnered him a Best Actor nomination, as well as starring a personal favourite of mine Rosario Dawson (who looks amazing in the trailer below, that features the same music that was in “The Island’ ’ and in the trailer for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age’ ’) and Woody Harrelson.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
) my personal favourite (but rare / or / not enough of) pairings are: – Choji x Naruto – Neji x Kimimaro – Lee x Shikamaru – Neji x Sasuke – Haku x Sai So… yea.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Terminal B is our personal favourite (short walk, nice and clear building,..)
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It contained important and ground – breaking news stories about how’ York is the best’ (no evidence or statistics provided), articles on cycling, informative and challenging features on how’ library users are happy’ and my personal favourite’ Bank managers are people too’ because we’re all Nice Guys really.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
My personal favourite: public restoom performance anxiety.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Among the thematic volumes of Montgomery short stories released in the 1990’s was the collection Among the Shadows, which contains stories about crime, the supernatural, inner demons, and other’ ‘darker’’ subjects (including what may be my personal favourite Montgomery short, “Some Fools and a Saint’ ’).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And to end this post, I’m going to put one of the lyrics to one of Avril’s songs that is also my personal favourite.
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In Wikipedia:
Even more so, Frances Brooke, the 10th Baron’s wife and 11th Baron’s mother, was a close personal favourite of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I. The elder Lord Cobham even had a strong negative impact upon the lives of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in the theatre.
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