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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The very sound of the word may be enough to dis-sway the attention of the hardliners but if you’re still there i will carry on
She knew that this was incorrect, but she needed to dis-sway him somehow.
John Lennon once called CB one of America’s great poets, and I have heard (and read) little to dis sway me of that notion.
Is it a sin to dissway a man from becoming a priest? – Catholic … forums.catholic.com ›
Do not be disswayed by the fact that it is in black and white. In fact, the B&W attitude adds to the overall drama of the film.
Guys cannot be easily disswayed from a girl, there are few things to do so. but if you do one of them, its terrible.
It’s a personal decision on my part & I’m not attempting to dissway others from using this new
procedure/technology.
His own teammates tried to dissway him from this purchase.
I rest my case.
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(Pardon the extra s in the title: I can’t figure out how to edit it out.)
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2021-05-15 19:56:17)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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A very nice find, David. I like the sense of trying to rectify a prior inclination or unwitting prejudice. For th-fronters there is an alternative explanation, where the emphasis is on this way rather than that, but it’s likelier they have simply miss-spelled and lost an s.
(If you find a way of editing the title, please let us know. You are not alone!)
I said hoping to dis-way him. “Don’t we. We don’t know if she just gave us junk and took the only thing worth while.â€
Notice even the mother was trying to disway her. But she wouldnt forgot the words of her father.
If the consumer is price shopping I usually dis-way them to stick with my competitor.
Why bother trying to dis-way them towards anything they don’t WANT to believe….
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