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Contended Watson: "Castro convinced Cuban Americans that they were being emotionally toyed with."

From Time Magazine Archive

Contended Dean: "I was just getting rid of something I didn't know how to handle."

From Time Magazine Archive

Contended the informant, as reported in the committee document: "Briguglio received payoffs from Donovan for his assistance in obtaining the contracts."

From Time Magazine Archive

Contended Republican Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa: "Overnight, this makes Jim Baker the most serious male candidate for Vice President in 1988."

From Time Magazine Archive

And love and hate Contended in my bosom when, that night Before the fight that should decide our fate, I entered where he slept.

From Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius