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a week at the beginning of the school year with a program planned to orient entering students, especially at a college.

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This week, Florida became the 36th state to allow same-sex marriage.
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Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
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In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.
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Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
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Training in Taji began Dec. 20; a week later, 218 Iraqis began receiving training in Anbar.
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Dick was at the wharf, one day last week, when one of the up river boats arrived.
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During the first week, not a day passed without smart skirmishes.
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Within a week all Missouri will be ablaze, and the hottest place for Yankees in all Christendom.
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But I will plough one more field this week; though, I know not why it is, my thoughts go against it even now.
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The governess is Swiss and for one week she talks nothing but French and for another nothing but German.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells