Certainly the death toll of WWI would create another peak in number of battle deaths, but the intervening years and the centuries prior to the 20th century might indeed show far fewer dead.

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Indeed, African yields rank dead last in every major crop harvested.

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Uruguayans traditionally move slowly, and here indeed they have: the old statism is dying but far from dead.

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It is ironic indeed that his efforts are being undermined not by any of his many political enemies but by a dead actress.

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