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Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, 1519–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1591.

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There is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
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Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
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I was declared innocent, and they said I should pay $104,000.
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The Butterbrief, issued by Pope Innocent VIII, was a turning point for the then bland Stollen, which gradually became sweeter.
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Koenig must know by now that second to knowing if Adnan is innocent, we want to know if she thinks Adnan is innocent.
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The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.
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But green Chartreuse unhappily is not innocent; it is more than a spirit, it is a powerful drug.
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They used to believe in witchcraft, and they burned millions—yes, millions—of innocent women as witches.
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Blanche sat there with her little excited, yet innocent—too innocent—stare; her eyes followed Mrs. Vivian's.
Confidence|Henry James
"I wouldn't do him any harm for the world," said Mrs. Kaye, casting down her eyes and looking very young and innocent.
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