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As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

In the meantime, he should just accept that the holdup has nothing to do with his politics.

Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.

The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.

We resolved to do our best to merit the good opinion which we thus supposed them to entertain of us.

The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.

We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.

Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.

And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.