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It was like a World Trade Center moment for us, our jaws fell to the floor. Literally, we were aghast. We looked at each other and said,' Oh, my God. It's going to be Crime City in Minneapolis City.'. – Don Samuels	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This seems to be something that goes beyond,' Attorney General Merrick Garland have to have more than a reasonable doubt before Attorney General Merrick Garland indict the king,' to' Attorney General Merrick Garland can't even start an investigation into credible allegations of criminality of the king, i don't think the Founders would have ever countenanced that. In fact, I think they would have been aghast at that. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don't think the Founders would have ever countenanced that. In fact, I think they would have been aghast at that. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Most of us (at universities) spend our lives caring about students and admissions and trying to do things fairly ... so when you see something like that, youre just aghast, but most of us immediately started thinking, OK, boy, we know how to get to the bottom of this, were going to figure this out and that is not something I want to ever see happen again. – Carol Folt	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I was aghast that there was no women’s bodybuilding, if there’s a category for men, why can’t there be a category for women? – Beth Mandyck	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I could drop my pants, moon the whole crowd. Everybody would be aghast, except the press guys would never notice. – President George W. Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We were aghast they could do this without informing us, we own them. Just as importantly, we do not sell our religious objects. It's a very strong principle. If you're paying ransom to a kidnapper, you can sell religious objects. Otherwise, you cannot. – Michael Katz	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

It was like a World Trade Center moment for us, our jaws fell to the floor. Literally, we were aghast. We looked at each other and said,' Oh, my God. It's going to be Crime City in Minneapolis City.'.

– Don Samuels

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This seems to be something that goes beyond,' Attorney General Merrick Garland have to have more than a reasonable doubt before Attorney General Merrick Garland indict the king,' to' Attorney General Merrick Garland can't even start an investigation into credible allegations of criminality of the king, i don't think the Founders would have ever countenanced that. In fact, I think they would have been aghast at that.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don't think the Founders would have ever countenanced that. In fact, I think they would have been aghast at that.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Most of us (at universities) spend our lives caring about students and admissions and trying to do things fairly ... so when you see something like that, youre just aghast, but most of us immediately started thinking, OK, boy, we know how to get to the bottom of this, were going to figure this out and that is not something I want to ever see happen again.

– Carol Folt

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I was aghast that there was no women’s bodybuilding, if there’s a category for men, why can’t there be a category for women?

– Beth Mandyck

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I could drop my pants, moon the whole crowd. Everybody would be aghast, except the press guys would never notice.

– President George W. Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We were aghast they could do this without informing us, we own them. Just as importantly, we do not sell our religious objects. It's a very strong principle. If you're paying ransom to a kidnapper, you can sell religious objects. Otherwise, you cannot.

– Michael Katz

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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