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Their spines extend upwards, constant pressure on their backbones from tourists can result in permanent physical damage – which can be seen in Pai Lin. – Tom Taylor	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think they are important as backbones for federal support for state and local responses. – Josh Michaud	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Gun Owners of America devised a plan to slow things down over that three-day holiday to allow us, the National Rifle Association, other gun organizations to alert their members to call in and absolutely bury the United States Senate phone lines, email access and everything else with the threat of' You're going to lose all your races if you do this,' at the end of the three-day weekend, even the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who were saying' We've got to cave on something' -- all of a sudden Gun Owners of America backbones turned into titanium. – Tim Macy	Found on CNN 8 years ago
At the end of the three-day weekend, even the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who were saying' We've got to cave on something' -- all of a sudden Gun Owners of America backbones turned into titanium. – Tim Macy	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Even though we lost everything and stuff got stolen, we can rebuild together and help each other and be each other's backbones and carry each other through this time because we need each other. – Resident Juamaame Evins	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Carbon atoms on a distant planet rearranged themselves into DNA, microorganisms formed, grew backbones, swam around the ocean, mutated into amphibians and crawled onto dry land—and finally a cab appeared at the mouth of the alley. – Mark Coggins, "The Immortal Game" (novel)	added by anonymous 13 years ago

Their spines extend upwards, constant pressure on their backbones from tourists can result in permanent physical damage – which can be seen in Pai Lin.

– Tom Taylor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think they are important as backbones for federal support for state and local responses.

– Josh Michaud

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Gun Owners of America devised a plan to slow things down over that three-day holiday to allow us, the National Rifle Association, other gun organizations to alert their members to call in and absolutely bury the United States Senate phone lines, email access and everything else with the threat of' You're going to lose all your races if you do this,' at the end of the three-day weekend, even the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who were saying' We've got to cave on something' -- all of a sudden Gun Owners of America backbones turned into titanium.

– Tim Macy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

At the end of the three-day weekend, even the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who were saying' We've got to cave on something' -- all of a sudden Gun Owners of America backbones turned into titanium.

– Tim Macy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Even though we lost everything and stuff got stolen, we can rebuild together and help each other and be each other's backbones and carry each other through this time because we need each other.

– Resident Juamaame Evins

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Carbon atoms on a distant planet rearranged themselves into DNA, microorganisms formed, grew backbones, swam around the ocean, mutated into amphibians and crawled onto dry land—and finally a cab appeared at the mouth of the alley.

– Mark Coggins, "The Immortal Game" (novel)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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