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• Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.

  Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

• Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.

  How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

• Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.

  ‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

• The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

  France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

• So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.

  Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

• I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

  The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman

• Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various

• The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.

  The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

• With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.

  The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

• She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.

  The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin