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quartered

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Past of quarter

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The suffragettes would have hung, drawn and quartered Brand.

In the immediate aftermath of the war, with Germany quartered among the victors, old sporting clubs were banned, and large assemblies of people were outlawed.

She later jokingly tweeted: "There appear to be a number of conflicting petitions out there to have me hung and quartered.

The next one could be a hung, drawn and quartered parliament.

It does not matter whether parliament is hung, drawn or quartered, there is only one choice – the Conservatives or Labour.

But it is not a criminal offence and certainly does not mean I should be hung, drawn and quartered".

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It's certainly not true that it found "only a quarter [of LGBT people] would wed", as the Mail said in its headline – and Catholic Voices said in their press release.

In addition, the Committee intends to purchase a further $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011, a pace of about $75 billion per month.

Others basked in a wave of optimism, this being the best scheme to come out of a tawdry saga of ill-conceived visions that has dragged on for the past quarter of a century.

The French champions are seeking a successor to Carlo Ancelotti, who is to take up the reins at Real Madrid along with his coaching staff, having steered the French club to their first league title in 19 years and the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Observing Kennedy at close quarters did not help to solve the mystery.

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