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This very unlikely band of sisters bound forever in life and afterward did indeed become part of history, and they paved the way for so many who would come after them, as much as they stood on the shoulders of those who had come before.

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In all three cases, local leaders were willing and able to make peace, the international community stood ready to help them negotiate and implement an agreement, and the institutions have lived up to the promise that they held on the day they were agreed.

And what he stood for was unity, the unity of the family; he's the father of us all.

But it's not just what he stood for, it's what his message was.

For me the policing stood for power to correct, power to prevent and power to detect.

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