good thing
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“It’s a good thing I found you when I did.”
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“It’s a good thing that Jimbo knew where that hole was,” I said.
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So I had very mixed feelings about my father’s role in World War II, because I did not think it was a good thing to bomb noncombatants.
From Salon
It’s dollars to doughnuts that inflation would certainly be much higher — which might be a good thing or might not, depending on your point of view.
From MarketWatch
“There’s always an opportunity for people to catch up later, which would be a good thing; if they don’t have it when they’re young, they might catch up later,” Bedford said.
From Salon
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