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      <p ns="0" title="Atlantis: chapter 8" snippet="&amp;quot;You&#039;ll know the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of hard when you&#039;re looking at the ceiling of the ER,&amp;quot; Matt shot back. &#10;" size="14974" wordcount="2681" timestamp="2008-09-12T02:54:31Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Atlantis: chapter 2" snippet="...&#039;t care about Atlantis. Sure, he thought it was cool and exciting, but the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of war didn&#039;t yet work itself into his brain. All it meant to him was one l&#10;" size="16171" wordcount="2839" timestamp="2008-09-12T02:49:45Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Atlantis: chapter 4" snippet="...off against the Atlantian. He nodded off to the side at West, who took the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; and raised his gun. The Atlantian only realized his danger at the last seco&#10;&#039;&#039;What is the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of agony?&#039;&#039; Tom would think later. Right now he couldn&#039;t think through his &#10;" size="18373" wordcount="3292" timestamp="2008-09-12T02:52:06Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Atlantis: chapter 10" snippet="Matt was looking steadier than he had five minutes ago. &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; that he was barely conscious and he was mumbling incoherently. He looked up&#10;" size="35525" wordcount="6290" timestamp="2008-09-12T02:58:18Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Atlantis Rising: Perfect War" snippet="...he other remained still - that was a lung gone. The armor had held though, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that most of Hayden&#039;s injuries were crushing damage. With a tool from his m&#10;Jack smiled. &amp;quot;Omega, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; &#039;the end.&#039; Kinda cool. But why not Foxtrot?&amp;quot;&#10;" size="53944" wordcount="9413" timestamp="2011-06-05T02:16:44Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Atlantis Rising: Chapter 10" snippet="&amp;quot;Maybe this is a high security base. &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; they&#039;ve got something valuable here. Maybe this is where their commander in&#10;" size="36511" wordcount="6208" timestamp="2010-03-18T00:34:28Z" />
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