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But the owl is mine!

Spiderman    Stan Lee    29 June 2004

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/spidermn/about.htm

The choice is no longer his.

Spiderman    Stan Lee    5 October 2004

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/spidermn/about.htm

The Guardian        p. 34        25.4.2007

The Guardian        p. 21        15 September 2004

The Guardian        11 May 2004

The Guardian        p. 20        28 June 2007

hers

He and hisadjectif wife both got cataract surgery.

His bill was 20 times higher than herspronom personnel

June 27, 2022    NPR

theirs

Older ‘left-behind’ voters turned against

a political class with values opposed

to theirs

The Ukip revolt has reshaped

the traditional political landscape

– and for both main parties

the upheaval has only just begun

Saturday 25 June 2016

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Last modified on Sunday 26 June 2016

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The Guardian

Older ‘left-behind’ voters turned
against a political class with values opposed to theirs,
G, 25 June 2016,
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/
left-behind-eu-referendum-vote-ukip-revolt-brexit

Over-55s are generally looking forward to decent pensions,

while the middle-aged fear that theirs will be worth less

than they had been led to believe.

Survey charts rise of the younger Victor Meldrew,
GE,
p. 5,
27.8.2002,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/aug/27/
artsandhumanities.research
 

David Cameron thought victory was his

at 10pm on Brexit eve

Friday 24 June 2016

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Last modified on Saturday 25 June 2016

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David Cameron thought victory was his at 10pm on Brexit eve,
G, 24 June 2016,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/24/
david-cameron-victory-his-10pm-brexit-eve
 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -

Pall bearers,

cardinals and monks took Pope John Paul

on one last trip from his palace on Monday,

escorting his body to St. Peter's Basilica,

the church that was his for 26 years

and will be his burial place.

Pope's Body Taken to Lie in State in St. Peter's,
Mon Apr 4, 2005 01:41 PM ET, R,
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;
jsessionid=KRQBX3GCN2M2UCRBAE0CFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8080813

TONY Blair is being pressed

to force David Blunkett to choose

between his [ adjectif possessif ] job

and access to the child he claims

is [ verbe be ]

his [ pronom possessif ].

Powerful figures close to Mr Blair

say the Government may be "contaminated"

by claims that the Home Secretary fast-tracked

a visa bid by his ex-lover's nanny.

    BLUNKETT'S CHOICE: YOUR CHILD OR YOUR JOB :
    Blair advisers want Blunkett to decide, DMi, 2.12.2004,
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=
    14934594%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline
    =blunkett%2ds%2dchoice%2d%2dyour%2dchild%2dor%2dyour%2djob-name_page.html

But if you cannot avoid fear,

at least you can do something to take your mind off it.

"You should go canoeing in the Adirondacks [mountain range],

if that's what your husband did and what you want to do,"

Mr Larocchia said.

"Because when you turn on the TV, see something,

and it's about a friend of yours - you get riveted to it,

but it doesn't leave you with a good feeling."

For some it is a day to grieve, for some a day to dread,
for others a day to hide away:
New Yorkers struggle to cope as trauma is revisited,
G,
11.9.2002,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/sep/11/
september11.usa3 

Everyone has a singular talent for something

- something they can do that no one else can.

Tragically, mine appears to be the ability

to fail to track down faded 1980s movie stars.

I fly 3,000 miles to see the elusive Andrew McCarthy,
only to be rejected, again.
What's wrong with me?, GE/G2, p. 5, 2.11.2001,
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/nov/02/
features11.g21

Two brains are better than one.

So why not have ours working alongside yours?

ESP is an on-board computer

which continually monitors your car's handling,

comparing this data to pre-programmed ideal data.

Some people are just better at movement than others,
Mercedes-Benz ad, TGW, p. 6, 9.8.2003.

When we look into the future, we have hers in mind.

As a corporate citizen,

we're supporting schools and universities

with technology, resources and scholarships.

Because her future is our future.

Siemens ad, Global network of innovation, Time, 26.5.2003.

La photographie de cette publicité représente une jeune étudiante.

How I learned to stop hating my heritage

Writing made me learn about my origins.

But countless young black people today

have yet to discover theirs

How I learned to stop hating my heritage, G, 3.11.2014,
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/03/
how-i-learned-stop-hating-heritage 

They say the house is theirs.

(...) The house is ours.

The Others, a Nicole Kidman film.

Mr Blair insisted his were the correct figures.

Today, BBC radio 4, 12.6.2003.

(...) ours is an age of international terrorism (...)

BBC Radio 4, Sunday, 18.5.2003.

This revolutionary approach to licensing

is based on doing business on your terms, not ours.

Computer Associates ad, FT, p. 5, 4.6.2003.

The sky. Now available in blue.

Yes, imagine that, a blue sky.

A big round yellow sun.

A beautiful view of Table Mountain.

All that could be yours.

Visit Sunsational South Africa now.

South African Airways ad, I/IR, p. 31, 25.4.2003.

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