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this disc barely spins the jangle of spurs/how long does one revolution take?

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We love the sparkling, speckless, spotless, spic-n-span, sanitary.

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“Actually, children, none of us will be having birthdays this year,” my father sighed. “Not even me? Why?” asked Charlie. "Son, this is what's known as a ‘one-party democracy."