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  • And if by some reason of total insanity by the American people McCain becomes president and he nominates 3 new supreme judges and Roe vs Wade is overtuned, he bombs Iran, healthcare is no longer provided by employers, gas prices rise to over $7.00, you can sit back and give yourself a big pat on the back.

    Clinton slightly narrows pledged delegate gap with Obama 2008

  • Additionally, In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Souter wrote that the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, affirming abortion as a fundamental privacy interest, should not be overtuned because doing so would be do bend to "political pressure."

    Souter's Supreme Court Legacy: Conservative Appointee, Liberal Justice 2009

  • And because missing the obvious often hurts more than seeing the imaginary, our skills at inferring connections are overtuned.

    2008 March 15 « educating alice 2008

  • And because missing the obvious often hurts more than seeing the imaginary, our skills at inferring connections are overtuned.

    Magical Thinking « educating alice 2008

  • When I drive to D.C. from PA, I hit fireworks stores at the Maryland border; I'll bet that if Roe is overtuned and PA outlaws abortion, abortion clinics will pop up at the PA border.

    Archive 2004-12-01 2004

  • Then he heard the familiar revving of the overtuned engine and went to the center window.

    The Town Chuck Hogan 2004

  • Seipei in 1991, but the assault charge was overtuned on appeal in

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Then, as Keisha's nerves wound tighter and tighter, like an overtuned harpstring, the spell - or whatever it was - finally broke.

    Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998

  • Corny, yes, but these photomontages always touched Myron, exploiting his overtuned sensitivity like a sappy Hallmark commercial.

    One False Move Coben, Harlan, 1962- 1998

  • Seipei in 1991, but the assault charge was overtuned on appeal in

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

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