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the blood being up

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Roget 824: the heart beating high, the heart going pitapat, the heart leaping into one's mouth; the blood being up, the blood boiling in one's veins; the eye glistening, the eyes in a fine frenzy rolling; the head turned; when the going gets tough, the tough get when the going gets tough, the tough get going" [Richard Nixon].

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