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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Oct 27, 2011 ... Peavey Plaza, as it was and will be. The redesign we've unveiled creates an effective public space for our times. By R.T. RYBAK and LISA�... OUT PORT;�... OUT PORT; DURBAN: Life as it was and will be. by Shaun Harris, 2015 Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way. 12 09:23:11.0. Shaun Harris. NEW DIG 03 Mar 12, 2015 ... NEW DIG That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.� ? Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. tags: 248, war.

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it was and will be

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Oct 27, 2011 ... Peavey Plaza, as it was and will be. The redesign we've unveiled creates an effective public space for our times. By R.T. RYBAK and LISA�...
OUT PORT;�...
OUT PORT; DURBAN: Life as it was and will be. by Shaun Harris, 2015
Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.
12 09:23:11.0. Shaun Harris. NEW DIG
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Mar 12, 2015 ... NEW DIG
That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.� ? Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. tags: 248, war.