Then I did some additional math, which resulted in more tears and a uniquely different rash, and found that 71.1 million ounces equals 555, 468.75 gallons.

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Three years later, her singles Hot Stuff, Bad Girls and No More Tears, a duet with Barbara Streisand, all shot to number one in the charts.

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Then go backstage and sob until there are no more tears left.

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Connie was open-mouthed and close to tears when Norton announced the result after more than two million votes.

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Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later.

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Memories flashed accompanied by more tears as my friends gathered around me and I opened my swollen eyes trying to picture the scene hoping it would last forever.

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In high school, Dr. Polychronis's genetics class left me in tears on more than one occasion, and never had I worked harder to earn a "C" on my report card.

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And even more, when we cry out in tears.

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If daughter Kate were to repeat the achievement 34 years later (these awards, remember, are for the year 2000), can you not picture the floods of family tears and congratulations on Oscar night, demonstrating once more Hollywood's wide and generous heart?

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