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He pointed at your picture and said, "That's my girl Mary." One day, he pointed at his watch and told me, ...he would remember me forever for that very minute He pointed at three grains of rice at the bottom of my bowl, and he said, "Clean." And he pointed at the screen, he said, "He's in that firefight." He pointed you to an absence of evidence. He pointed at somebody taking a basket out of a van. And when somebody dared to disobey he pointed at him, and he had to come up to him, and he bashed him with the staff, and that was it. At the end of it, he pointed at the horizon and said, "Faya."	I asked him where my money was, and he pointed to the dresser. And he pointed to the busloads of tourists that would show up everyday, with cameras ready usually. And then he pointed to me right in open court. He pointed to his mother's abusive boyfriend as a suspect... domestic violence... Indeed he pointed to rather earlier dubious US foreign policy decisions which in effect allowed Al it was the sacrifice! That picture he pointed to If he pointed to the right, you died.

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He pointed at your picture and said, "That's my girl Mary."
One day, he pointed at his watch and told me, ...he would remember me forever for that very minute
He pointed at three grains of rice at the bottom of my bowl, and he said, "Clean."
And he pointed at the screen, he said, "He's in that firefight."
He pointed you to an absence of evidence.
He pointed at somebody taking a basket out of a van.
And when somebody dared to disobey he pointed at him, and he had to come up to him, and he bashed him with the staff, and that was it.
At the end of it, he pointed at the horizon and said, "Faya."

I asked him where my money was, and he pointed to the dresser.
And he pointed to the busloads of tourists that would show up everyday, with cameras ready usually.
And then he pointed to me right in open court.
He pointed to his mother's abusive boyfriend as a suspect... domestic violence...
Indeed he pointed to rather earlier dubious US foreign policy decisions which in effect allowed Al
it was the sacrifice!
That picture he pointed to
If he pointed to the right, you died.