And the other half of the questions were, good golly, why aren't you doing that.

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About half the questions yesterday were, you know, good golly, you can't possibly do that.

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And that contributes to the kind of event that you referred to, namely that you do get a real golly washer.

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Ms. MULLER: We decided, by golly, we were gonna check it out.

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By golly, we have to have not just tax revenue increases to supplement spending cuts, but tax rate increases as the means to tax revenue increases.

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And by golly, the alarmists finally got it right.

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But, by golly, you have successfully reengineered the corporation!

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Golly, I dunno, but I doubt it.

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The match is struck the second outsiders learn of a betrothal: A bride-to-be, especially, becomes public property and an age-old archetype and she is expected to fire off, on command, the event date and location, number of guests, maker of dress and, by golly, she had better loft that ring finger for inspection.

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