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[00:01]prior

[00:02]In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population;

[00:08]in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1

[00:16]immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10

[00:21]years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000.

[00:29]Former

[00:31]Former presidential candidate John Edwards said

[00:35]Wednesday he still cares deeply about his wife despite the

[00:39]couple's separation.

[00:42]ornament

[00:44]Every photograph, every piece of antique furniture, all

[00:48]my kids' baby books, every ornament we've collected

[00:52]since my children were born, it's all gone.

[00:56]decorate

[00:58]Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may

[01:01]be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars,

[01:06]the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so

[01:10]forth, and will be very expensive.

[01:15]prompt

[01:18]What's the precise mechanism of action? Could

[01:21]the cells prompt an immune response in patients? Or

[01:25]generate certain fibers that cause pain?

[01:29]instant

[01:30]The name marks a person here as Jewish, obviously.

[01:36]But in this ethnically diverse country, in which last names

[01:39]can be instant markers of socioeconomic and cultural

[01:43]status, Cohen is generic.