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Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.


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IRIS MURDOCH Where you are,there I'll be.Make up your mind to it.You may not love me now bt you will.I'll see to ...
IRIS JOHANSEN People were worried; they thought we were going to go to nuclear war when there was a conflict with ...
IRIS WEINSHALL We find stuff all the time, but what's sort of eerie about this is that this is a bridge that thousa...
IRIS WEINSHALL In attempting to minimize congestion, perhaps we were more cautious than we should have been.
IRIS WEINSHALL It's not like we're putting this on eBay.
IRIS WEINSHALL It's not uncommon for New Yorkers to walk a mile a day.
IRIS WEINSHALL Little Charlie was delivered by a C-section and not expected to live. I'm a widow with no children ....
IRIS TANNER I don't know if someone thought they were rescuing them from a hot car or what. I'm offering a rewar...
IRIS TANNER It's very basic -- look for a dumpster that has stuff in it, climb in, and see what you can find.
IRIS PEPPAR It's fun, it thwarts capitalism, and it pays directly in useful stuff instead of having that useless...
IRIS PEPPAR We want to let people shop in peace and dignity. I don't want to be standing over people telling the...
IRIS PEPPAR