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I respectfully request that you call your local representatives and have them consider joining the more than two-dozen Original Co-Sponsors of this bill in the current Congress, and call for hearings on this matter so that we can move this forward.
URGENT NEWS 2010
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Even though Mr. Dohrmann is clearly appalled by much that goes on in grass-roots basketball, he concedes that Mr. Keller does have an eye for young athletic talent: In the book's epilogue, we learn that out of about two-dozen players on the team that Mr. Keller coached, 18 won Division I basketball scholarships "and two others signed to play football."
Young Teens, Hoop Dreams Adam Thompson 2010
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But "Final Verdict," a slim volume purporting to tell "what really had happened" in 200 pages and two-dozen footnotes, makes no serious attempt at reaching historical truth, instead offering a selective and ultimately unconvincing attempt at personal vindication.
The Defense Michael C. Moynihan 2010
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But the experience of viewing 25 conversations, confessions, monologues and moments is more analogous to being an invited guest at two-dozen supper tables, art studios and gallery openings.
Film Diarist Is 'Sleepless' Bruce Bennett 2011
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In another group of prints, "Souls Series" 1993, Ms. Snyder creates a commanding installation made up of two-dozen faces printed on paper and fabric, thumb-tacked and occasionally overlapping, in a corner of the gallery.
The Lady of the Wild Things Lance Esplund 2011
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The Corporation for Supportive Housing worked with city agencies to identify more than two-dozen families that would be eligible for the program.
Extending a Hand to New York's At-Risk Families Joseph De Avila 2011
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On Friday, Cuomo officials released an expanded list of about two-dozen members, including Medicaid Matters, a coalition of patient groups, and several city and local health officials.
Cuomo Criticized Over Medicaid Team Jacob Gershman 2011
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Waiters passed out ice pops spiked with vodka while nearly two-dozen Coach factory masters monogrammed and stamped countless leather luggage tags for those willing to stand in line.
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Amid the company's over two-dozen digital imaging announcements this year, Sony included three innovative camcorders that can record 3D video.
CES 2011: 3D gets simpler, cheaper, and surprisingly innovative 2011
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On the video, more than two-dozen people crammed into elevator No. 110 appeared to remain calm throughout the ordeal, save for a small girl who complained of desperately needing to use the bathroom.
Long Ride at 181st Street Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
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