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In reply to his questions on this point, Mr. Snodgrass was about to offer an historical account of the circumstances just now detailed, when he was suddenly checked by observing that there were present, not only Mr. Tupman and their stage-coach companion of the preceding day, but another stranger of equally singular appearance.

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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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