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flight 182
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War games
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getting rid of the gallows
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lovely fags ban
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padre free-o
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there you go
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hello boys and girls
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what's the big idea?
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sudden spike
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1986
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pen pals
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1986 state papers
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divine argument
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norris v ireland
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well pleased
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