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   James Dow Allen to All   
   Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 12   
   05 Aug 25 12:10:48   
   
   XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Here's a similar puzzle.   
   To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths   
      
   123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy   
      
   This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order:   
   * a small part   
   * a pronoun   
   * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza   
   * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries   
   * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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