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Cowen had resigned_, he says something which to be sure would look "_like that_," _as the citizen says_, upon the first impression; but which on being critically examined, contradicts the fact on the face of it. ❋ An Elector (N/A)

I says to the boy, "You bring me the luggage," I says— ❋ Unknown (1916)

_ He finds out from the reporter that these two fellers has got a piece-work wage-scale for playing on the fiddle of five dollars a note, net cash, and he says that both of them is wonderful fiddlers, y'understand, but that to his mind Kreisler plays with more of the artistic temperature than Zimbalist, or if he doesn't actually say so, y'understand, the reporter goes back to his newspaper and _says_ he said so, and the consequence is that when in next Sunday's paper Rosenbaum reads, ❋ Montague Glass (1905)

But how unjust it is; for, says I, but yesterday, to Mr.L. M., who was going on making himself merry with the affair in a way that was perfectly scandalous -- "Sir," says I, '---- but this _says I_ never reached the ears of the unhappy man: he had heard enough; and, as a secondary dispute was still going on that had grown out of the first, he seized the very first opening which offered itself for provoking the issue of a quarrel. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

"COMMITTED to the jail of Tuscaloosa county, a negro man, who says his name is Robert Winfield, and _says he is free_. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

But smacks of something greater than herself; "he says, ought to be:" Nothing she does or _says_. " ❋ Various (1852)

The label says it has 0 calories and 0 grams of fat because the Food and Drug Administration allows companies to put zero on the label if a product has less than 5 calories and 0.5 grams of fat per servings. ❋ Leslie Goldman (2011)

If the label says they are between denier 3 and denier 5—a measure of fiber density—your panty hose will probably be sheer enough to look transparent. ❋ Teri Agins (2011)

If a label says nothing at all about ironing, that is supposed to mean that no ironing is needed to “preserve the appearance” of the garment. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

GoClean hasn't revealed exactly what it uses in its eco-friendly cleaning concoction, but the label says it's "a proprietary blend of polymers, and natural and organic soaps" and it "protects from UV, rain damage and scratching." ❋ TED KRITSONIS (2011)

Grachvogel's design studio is in the same building as her boutique, and she regularly overhears women on the shopfloor who don't want to buy a dress if the label says size 10 rather than size 8. ❋ Jess Cartner-Morley (2011)

OK, I confess, Schrock's lecture won't be my cup of tea, and I have no idea what his title says, but the rest sound fun, and the last one sounds controversial. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Really the fact that children account for more than 6 million hospital stays in this country every single year has been something that has really drawn me to this program to do exactly what the title says which is to bring a Touch of Comfort to the faces of the kids as I get a chance to distribute the quilts and also to help out the families as well. ❋ The Domestic Diva (2010)

For people with a brain, nothing Palin says is relevant. bettyboop33 ❋ Unknown (2010)

This rule, Fredkin says, is something fairly simple, something vastly less arcane than the mathematical constructs that conventional physicists use to explain the dynamics of physical reality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The label says, This product contains egg and wheat ingredients and is made in a facility that also processes milk. ❋ Thomas M. Burton (2011)