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Decreed Minister Cot: The race must be flown on May 21, come hell or hurricane.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decreed the new King: "We will use it for our guests."

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So thus the tradition established in fact Decreed a Vice President thereafter shall act.

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Decreed President Roosevelt: All first, second and third-class postmasters*�13,730 in all�will henceforth be subject to civil service regulations.

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And now with gloomy aspect rose the day, Decreed the plighted servile rights to pay; When Egas, to redeem his faith's disgrace, Devotes himself, his spouse, and infant race.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de