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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PROMISING occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... promising.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Here was a
prospect all
right but, by the
description,
none too
promising.
2.
... promising beginnings
have been made in some ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
All
told,
promising beginnings have been
made
in some
50 foreign countries and U.S.
possessions.
3.
... promising business
opportunity.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Then I
got a
promising business opportunity.
4.
... promising career
ahead of him.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
5.
... promising children
of college age.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... promising,' the
little doc said.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
'
Nothing too
promising,'
the
little doc said.
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