Each blow received results in the brain being shaken within the skull.

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In the meantime, the force provided what humanitarian assistance it could to local villagers and meticulously recorded each blow to the peace it had hoped to keep.

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"In a way I'm glad it's happened to me because I know full well I'm capable of dealing with each blow, whereas a lot of people wouldn't be, " he added.

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We didn't blow each other up.

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On the same street as the theater is this 1893 structure, built by mining millionaire Lewis Bradbury, where characters George Valentin (fading star) and Peppy Miller (rising talent) pass each other on the ornate staircase, with Peppy stopping to blow him a kiss.

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Each spring, nature deals parts of the rural North a cool blow.

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Now here's the thing - blow enough bubbles, and some of them will run into each other.

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Borrowers could pick how much to pay each month, including amounts so small they inflated the loan balance and practically insured the mortgage would blow up.

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