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What gloss do you suppose that person would have wrangled from the Stevenson, Dewey et al. presidencies if history had proven otherwise?

Watch the Platforms, Not the Winner, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

By night, she's all rock 'n' roll, working a runway at the Hard Rock Cafe having "wrangled" said celebrities for the Power of Leather party, making sure they don't fall off their stilettos, experience a wardrobe malfunction or otherwise screw up in front of the cameras.

Home 2009

A hurricane is not a top-5 draft choice for whom Scott Boras wrangled a $15 million guaranteed signing bonus.

An Anticlimax We Should Appreciate Jason Gay 2011

While the timing of Friday evening's downgrade surprised some market participants and followed a tumultuous week for global markets, others noted that the possibility of S&P's move had been well telegraphed for weeks while Congress wrangled over raising the debt ceiling.

S&P Move Isn't a Shock but Adds to Gloom E.S. Browning 2011

I considered myself a "Method" actor when it was in style, and I didn't when it wasn't and I just wrangled my way through -- still do, really.

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011

Thailand and Cambodia have wrangled over the exact position of their border for decades, but the conflict escalated in 2008 when Cambodia secured U.N. World Heritage recognition for the ancient Preah Vihear temple just inside Cambodia's border.

Thailand, Cambodia Skirmishes Continue James Hookway 2011

Waiting for a train to leave I saw one of those everyday acts of domestic heroism unfold along the carriage as a woman wrangled her three kids on board – boys aged between 10 and 16 – with the hard-fought nonchalance of John Wayne driving steers across Texas.

Michael Holden's All ears 2011

Rather than just show up and hope to be invited, this year Kate wrangled a formal invitation.

William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

In the debate's final stretch, lawmakers wrangled over how long an interim government should serve.

Greece to Form a New Government Alkman Granitsas 2011

He had wrangled four friends to help him claim his share.

El Monte Marijuana Bust Uncovers $1 Million In Pot 2011