When you have signed the check, I will give you the letter."

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Also found in his possession were a gold nugget belonging to the pope, a signed check made out to Pope Benedict XVI for 100, 000 euros and an original version of Virgil's Aeneid from 1581.

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Not exactly the anticipated outcome when the check was signed or the ATM withdrawal handed over as a settlement.

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If he signed on to a background-check bill, Mr. Coburn, a noted skeptic of federal powers and a longtime advocate for gun rights, would provide significant cover for Republicans and red-state Democrats to do the same.

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