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Today's puzzle has seven pears.

Last week, the fruits of the Department of Homeland Security's burgeoning gestapo tactics came into full view.

The lawsuit could be as legally significant as it is titillating.

I'm not ready for the next work conference.

I can't face a life like this.

They cannot be in the same room.

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Even Republicans used to know that this was a mistake.