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When Addison's Disease and its treatment came up for report at Philadelphia, a fight for glory impended.

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In another Manhattan art-huckstering shop, one more sale impended in the life of a vase once owned by Catherine the Great and later smashed by Napoleon.

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No title impended; it was primarily an affair of honor between two of the keenest match-playy golfers that ever cut a divot.

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Other German defeats in other areas impended: > At Krivoi Rog, where the Red Army was closing in on the last great Nazi hedgehog in the Dnieper loop.

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After the departure of the detectives, the composure that had impressed Nye faltered; a familiar despair impended.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote