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An autopsy disclosed a large amount of morphine in Diane 's body. | disclosed | {
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Police theorize that a combination of dope, drink and drugs killed her. | theorize | {
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Police theorize that a combination of dope, drink and drugs killed her. | killed | {
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`` I think that maybe she wanted it this way '', a vice squad cop said. | think | {
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`` I think that maybe she wanted it this way '', a vice squad cop said. | wanted | {
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`` I think that maybe she wanted it this way '', a vice squad cop said. | said | {
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`` A maid told us that she still bragged about getting $ 50 a date. | told | {
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`` A maid told us that she still bragged about getting $ 50 a date. | bragged | {
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`` A maid told us that she still bragged about getting $ 50 a date. | getting | {
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She was on the junk, and they slide fast when that happens. | was | {
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She was on the junk, and they slide fast when that happens. | slide | {
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She was on the junk, and they slide fast when that happens. | happens | {
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At least she never knew what the bottom was like ''. | knew | {
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At least she never knew what the bottom was like ''. | was | {
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I am a carpet salesman. | am | {
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I work for one of the biggest chains of retail carpet houses in the East. | work | {
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We cater mostly to nice people in the $ 5 - 8000 annual income bracket and we run a string of snazzy, neon-lit, chromium-plated suburban stores. | cater | {
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We cater mostly to nice people in the $ 5 - 8000 annual income bracket and we run a string of snazzy, neon-lit, chromium-plated suburban stores. | run | {
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I am selling the stuff of which is made one of the Great American Dreams - wall-to-wall carpeting. | selling | {
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I am selling the stuff of which is made one of the Great American Dreams - wall-to-wall carpeting. | made | {
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There is only one trouble with this big, beautiful dream. | is | {
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From where I sit it looks more like a nightmare. | sit | {
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From where I sit it looks more like a nightmare. | looks | {
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People come to me with confidence. | come | {
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They depend on my supposedly expert knowledge of a trade of which they themselves know little. | know | {
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But I knowingly abuse their confidence. | abuse | {
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I have, within the past fifty years, come out of all uncertainty into a faith which is a dominating conviction of the Truth and about which I have not a shadow of doubt. | come out | {
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I have, within the past fifty years, come out of all uncertainty into a faith which is a dominating conviction of the Truth and about which I have not a shadow of doubt. | is | {
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I have, within the past fifty years, come out of all uncertainty into a faith which is a dominating conviction of the Truth and about which I have not a shadow of doubt. | have | {
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It has been my lot all through life to associate with eminent scientists and at times to discuss with them the deepest and most vital of all questions, the nature of the hope of a life beyond this. | been | {
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It has been my lot all through life to associate with eminent scientists and at times to discuss with them the deepest and most vital of all questions, the nature of the hope of a life beyond this. | associate | {
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It has been my lot all through life to associate with eminent scientists and at times to discuss with them the deepest and most vital of all questions, the nature of the hope of a life beyond this. | discuss | {
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I have also constantly engaged in scientific work and am fully aware of the value of opinions formed in science as well as in the religions in the world. | engaged | {
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I have also constantly engaged in scientific work and am fully aware of the value of opinions formed in science as well as in the religions in the world. | am | {
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n an amateu6rish, yet in a very real sense, I have followed the developments of archaeology, geology, astronomy, herpetology, and mycology with a hearty appreciation of the advances being made in these fields. | followed | {
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n an amateu6rish, yet in a very real sense, I have followed the developments of archaeology, geology, astronomy, herpetology, and mycology with a hearty appreciation of the advances being made in these fields. | made | {
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At one time I became disturbed in the faith in which I had grown up by the apparent inroads being made upon both Old and New Testaments by a `` Higher Criticism '' of the Bible, to refute which I felt the need of a better knowledge of Hebrew and of archaeology, for it seemed to me that to pull out some of the props of ... | became | {
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At one time I became disturbed in the faith in which I had grown up by the apparent inroads being made upon both Old and New Testaments by a `` Higher Criticism '' of the Bible, to refute which I felt the need of a better knowledge of Hebrew and of archaeology, for it seemed to me that to pull out some of the props of ... | made | {
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Doubts thus inculcated left me floundering for a while and, like some higher critical friends, trying to continue to use the Bible as the Word of God while at the same time holding it to have been subjected to a vast number of redactions and interpolations : | left | {
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Doubts thus inculcated left me floundering for a while and, like some higher critical friends, trying to continue to use the Bible as the Word of God while at the same time holding it to have been subjected to a vast number of redactions and interpolations : | holding | {
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Doubts thus inculcated left me floundering for a while and, like some higher critical friends, trying to continue to use the Bible as the Word of God while at the same time holding it to have been subjected to a vast number of redactions and interpolations : | subjected | {
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attempting to bridge the chasm between an older, reverent, Bible-loving generation and a critical, doubting, Bible-emancipated race. | attempting | {
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Although still aware of a great light and glow of warmth in the Book, I stood outside shivering in the cold. | stood | {
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In one thing the higher critics, like the modernists, however, overreached themselves, in claiming that the Gospel of John was not written in John 's time but well after the first century, perhaps as late as 150 A. D.. | overreached | {
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In one thing the higher critics, like the modernists, however, overreached themselves, in claiming that the Gospel of John was not written in John 's time but well after the first century, perhaps as late as 150 A. D.. | claiming | {
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In one thing the higher critics, like the modernists, however, overreached themselves, in claiming that the Gospel of John was not written in John 's time but well after the first century, perhaps as late as 150 A. D.. | written | {
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Now, if any part of the Bible is assuredly the very Word of God speaking through His servant, it is John 's Gospel. | is | {
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Now, if any part of the Bible is assuredly the very Word of God speaking through His servant, it is John 's Gospel. | is | {
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To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible. | ask | {
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To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible. | written | {
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To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible. | inspired | {
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To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible. | asking | {
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To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible. | accept | {
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To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible. | recorded | {
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Here I took my leave of my learned friends to step out on another path, to which we might give the modern name of Pragmatism, or the thing that works. | took | {
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Here I took my leave of my learned friends to step out on another path, to which we might give the modern name of Pragmatism, or the thing that works. | step | {
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Here I took my leave of my learned friends to step out on another path, to which we might give the modern name of Pragmatism, or the thing that works. | give | {
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Here I took my leave of my learned friends to step out on another path, to which we might give the modern name of Pragmatism, or the thing that works. | works | {
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Test it, try it, and if it works, accept it as a guiding principle. | works | {
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So, I put my Bible to the practical test of noting what it says about itself, and then tested it to see how it worked. | put | {
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So, I put my Bible to the practical test of noting what it says about itself, and then tested it to see how it worked. | noting | {
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So, I put my Bible to the practical test of noting what it says about itself, and then tested it to see how it worked. | says | {
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So, I put my Bible to the practical test of noting what it says about itself, and then tested it to see how it worked. | tested | {
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So, I put my Bible to the practical test of noting what it says about itself, and then tested it to see how it worked. | worked | {
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As a short, possibly not the best method, I looked up `` Word '' in the Concordance and noted that the Bible claims from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 to be God 's personal message to man. | looked up | {
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As a short, possibly not the best method, I looked up `` Word '' in the Concordance and noted that the Bible claims from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 to be God 's personal message to man. | noted | {
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As a short, possibly not the best method, I looked up `` Word '' in the Concordance and noted that the Bible claims from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 to be God 's personal message to man. | claims | {
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As a short, possibly not the best method, I looked up `` Word '' in the Concordance and noted that the Bible claims from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 to be God 's personal message to man. | be | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | was | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | accept | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | accept | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | submitted | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | according | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | do | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | know | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | be | {
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The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ 's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whet... | speak | {
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The outcome of such an experiment has been in due time the acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God inspired in a sense utterly different from any merely human book, and with it the acceptance of our Lord Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God, Son of Man by the Virgin Mary, the Saviour of the world. | been | {
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The outcome of such an experiment has been in due time the acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God inspired in a sense utterly different from any merely human book, and with it the acceptance of our Lord Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God, Son of Man by the Virgin Mary, the Saviour of the world. | inspired | {
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I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` bo... | believe | {
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I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` bo... | are | {
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I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` bo... | alienated | {
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I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` bo... | came | {
"name": "come",
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"the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract",
"move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody",
"reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress",
"come to pass; arriv... | [
"reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress"
] | [
"come%2:38:04::"
] |
I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` bo... | die | {
"name": "die",
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"a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers",
"a device used for shaping metal",
"a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or... | [
"pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life"
] | [
"die%2:30:00::"
] |
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