But nothing in our own history indicates such unbroken societal longevity.

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"It was a good feeling that we got pulses back, but there was nothing in history to tell me he would survive this and that he could recover" with his brain intact.

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With that in mind, I shared my guilt-ridden admiration for the Germans with my father, who knows nothing about soccer but a lot about history.

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But history shows that nothing is for ever.

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But you think what history because there is nothing to tell you about it.

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By 1930, it was possible for Macmillan to publish a book called, simply, "Colossal Blunders of the War, " a history of 1914-1918 made up of nothing but martial mistakes, organized by nationality and with sarcastic remarks inserted at the appropriate points.

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But in beer's seven-millennia history, it's nothing new.

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But despite Wales never having won in South Africa, Jones says that history means nothing.

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But the overall history of aerosols, which are mostly short-lived, is nothing like as well known as that of greenhouse gases, and it is unlikely that any of the models are properly capturing their chemistry or their effects on clouds.

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Mr. RUBALCABA: They were very serious about make us learn about the European heritage, the European musical tradition, the whole history, the Renaissance, Baroque, romantic Impressionists, Expressionists, the contemporary composers, but nothing about Cuban composers, even classical Cuban composers.

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