I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. From LearnThat.org. [Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th US President, from Speech to One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864.]
And they want to hold some land sometimes, but not what you call occupy it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference
Now when the second son heard this, he came to him, saying, "My brother, by what law or title occupy you this tree?". From Wordnik.com. [Mediaeval Tales] Reference
Find an argument, not in this book, in which the definitions of terms occupy some space. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
Obama can sometimes make the iteration of a single phrase occupy an entire press conference. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
They will continue to bully and occupy, which is why the people are taking matters into their own hands. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Estimating how many cubic miles of landfill such discarded labels occupy might make an interesting study. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism] Reference
I have only one qualification for the position I occupy, that is that I am able to pass my job on to my colleagues who work with me. From Wordnik.com. [An Address] Reference
The only house he should occupy is a jailhouse!. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney beats back 2012 efforts] Reference
The ANC and its allies have vowed to "occupy" Bisho until. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Because he voted to go to "occupy" Iraq with misled information. From Wordnik.com. [McCain calls Obama's positions 'reckless'] Reference
Gazing again and again into the space they used to occupy, which is now open space. From Wordnik.com. [Dean Sluyter: The Dharma of Celebrity Death] Reference
If Jordan had not attacked Israel in 1967, Israel would not "occupy" the West Bank today. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Sheffey: Obama's Cairo Speech] Reference
The French didn't "occupy" England, they successfully invaded and replaced the upper classes. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup Fever: Catch It (But Not with Your Hands)! | Indecision Forever | Political Humor, 2010 Election, and Satire Blog | Comedy Central] Reference
He got up and discovered a group of soldiers trying to "occupy" his house as part of a military exercise. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday, May 31, 2006] Reference
I'm not suggesting we "occupy" Kuwait though we do have bases there and the vast majority of Kuwaitis don't mind. From Wordnik.com. [New Poll: Yep, The 2008 Election Will Be All About Iraq War] Reference
But, even those who currently "occupy" the Oval Office aren't ready for the high stakes poker game invading Iran would entail. From Wordnik.com. [not to change the subject, but...] Reference
No one wants to "occupy" the Middle East indefinitely, but occupy we must until the jihadists understand that we will not allow defeat. From Wordnik.com. [We Must Extinguish the Fire of Radical Islam] Reference
Do we need to prove that we no longer "occupy" the Gaza Strip?. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News Alert from Israel - COP/JCPA] Reference
Sure we have bases in a lot of places but that doesn't mean we 'occupy' them. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
An event will be said to 'occupy' the aggregate of event-particles which lie within it. From Wordnik.com. [The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919] Reference
Mr. Boer jumps on his horse and is off also, while we ruefully "occupy" the vacant hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900] Reference
The U.S. must not 'occupy' Haiti, declares French minister as aid FINALLY trickles through. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Haiti Earthquake Aid Slowly Reaching Victims As Desperation Grows] Reference
Here, as examples of such as occupy this circle, they discern first the famous Queen of Babylon, Semiramis. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
But many in the region, not least in Pakistan, are sure that Americans want to "occupy" Afghanistan forever. From Wordnik.com. [National Review Online] Reference
Françoise would become impatient for us to leave the dining-room so that she might go upstairs to 'occupy' my aunt. From Wordnik.com. [Swann's Way] Reference
It'll be a lot of fun and there's just a lot more going on, which is sometimes good because it can kind of occupy you. From Wordnik.com. [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference
"occupy" Bisho until the territory's military leader, Brig. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Although its downright impossible for 160,000 troops to "occupy" 25 MILLION people. From Wordnik.com. [Why Organized Labor Is Kind of Important] Reference
"No females of openly dissolute character were seen, such as occupy particular parts of the theatre in England and America. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I.] Reference
Turner, meanwhile, has other things to occupy him. From Wordnik.com. [As Ted's World Turns] Reference
They want to occupy our territories, and they will pay a price for this. From Wordnik.com. [Israel ‘Will Pay a Price’] Reference
Like her predecessors, she promised to help the squatters buy the land they occupy. From Wordnik.com. [Gloria's Poverty Problem] Reference
Did it have to occupy a foreign country with no cover of legitimacy from the world community?. From Wordnik.com. [WHY KERRY IS RIGHT ON IRAQ] Reference
In the fashion of adolescent boys, they seem to occupy more space than the simple size of their bodies would suggest. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense Of *$##@&Amp;$%#] Reference
If an outside military force does not occupy the Afghan capital soon, here's what could happen over the next few weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Next: 'Nation-Building Lite'] Reference
Military commanders worry that American troops would have to occupy Iraq for years while a democratic, civil society is put in place. From Wordnik.com. [What We Face: The Bottom Line] Reference
In the meantime you need a force that can actually occupy Kabul and an organization that can set up a provisional administration there. From Wordnik.com. [Next: 'Nation-Building Lite'] Reference
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