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You might belong in Gryffindo r , Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart; You might belong in Hufflepuff , Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw , If you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind; Or perhaps in Slytheri n You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folk use any means To achieve their ends.
This, along with the popular old-fashioned restaurants next door, was restored by discount retailing tycoon Ed Mirvish, who later endeared himself to the British theater public by renovating London’s Old Vic.
As the old euphemisms are shed, foreign words are sometimes taking their place, leading novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer to conclude that "We have returned to the colonial mentality, thinking that everything that is foreign is more intellectual and high-minded."
The NYT and WP quote State sources claiming that even if Bushnell's request had been honored, the completion of a new embassy would have taken years, and hence the U.S. would have still occupied the old one at the time of the bombing.
If the sheepshead minnow, Cyprindon variegatus, larval survival and growth test is begun with less-than-24-h old larvae, the mean dry weight of the surviving larvae in the control chambers at the end of the test must equal or exceed 0.60 mg, if the weights are determined immediately, or