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Nippersink Lake is the perfect settling for the event, Warrner said.
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My interpretation is that there is an internal settling of accounts from competing groups, two different factions contesting power within the group.
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McKim, a major exponent of Beaux-Arts classicism, stripped the Victorian decor, fixed the settling floors, excavated the basement and redecorated the State floor.
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Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News co-host, filed a lawsuit in July that exposed the allegations against Ailes, who died in May. Fox spent more than $40 million settling claims of harassment at its news division.
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A settling of scores near a place of worship, in a tough neighborhood.
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Lawyers for the settling plaintiffs could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Carlton also said the house's settling is visible from the outside.
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Establishing an outpost on Mars is in no way comparable to the settling of North America.
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First Known Use of settling
1594
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