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Never afterwards did the opposing armies make the trial of strength within the limits of Westchester; yet hardly a day passed, that the partisans did not make their inroads; or a sun rise, that the inhabitants were spared the relation of excesses which the preceding darkness had served to conceal.

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Why were more people killed last month than in any preceding month of this conflict?

Rather than preceding the insurgency, the Taliban followed the troop deployment, and as far as I'm concerned, the troop deployment caused their return.

And the real tragedy was, if you look through her records, she had been seen in four or five other health care institutions in the preceding two years.

This is the percent of the population with any mental illness in the preceding year.

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