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1  Here's another thing I always carry.
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2  One thing's sure and nothing's surer.
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3  "It's just a crazy old thing," she said.
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4  This fellow has worked out the whole thing.
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5  To my astonishment, the thing had an authentic look.
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6  "I've just heard the most amazing thing," she whispered.
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7  "It's the funniest thing, old sport," he said hilariously.
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8  The thing approached the proportions of a scandal--then died away.
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9  "There's another little thing," he said uncertainly, and hesitated.
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10  I was startled, naturally, but the really surprising thing was that it hadn't happened before.
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11  He looked out the window at it, but judging from his expression I don't believe he saw a thing.
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12  Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply--I was casually sorry, and then I forgot.
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13  "There's something funny about a fellow that'll do a thing like that," said the other girl eagerly.
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14  Almost the last thing I remember was standing with Daisy and watching the moving picture director and his Star.
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15  There was so much to read for one thing and so much fine health to be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air.
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16  It seemed to me that the thing for Daisy to do was to rush out of the house, child in arms--but apparently there were no such intentions in her head.
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17  The practical thing was to find rooms in the city but it was a warm season and I had just left a country of wide lawns and friendly trees, so when a young man at the office suggested that we take a house together in a commuting town it sounded like a great idea.
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