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Recently, she:Invoked 1960s-era radical William Ayers, a one-time member of the Weather Underground organization, which bombed federal buildings in protest of the Vietnam War, with whom Obama worked on community projects in Chicago decades later.
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Invoked in the collective memory are images of revolutionaries storming the iron gates; of blindfolded Americans on TV, the helpless puppets of an evil, terrorist puppeteer.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Invoked means a vote was held and debate was successfully ended, failed means a vote was held but fell short of 60 votes, vitiated means the motion was thrown out, and withdrawn and no action are exactly what they sound like:
Research desk graphs: More filibuster data than you know what to do with 2010
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Invoked by the attacks on September 11, 2001, the 'War on Terror' became the centerpiece of American engagement in the world.
WSJIDEBATE: America's détente with the Muslim World Shikhar Singh 2009
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Invoked by a verbal command and enabled by a sophisticated tattoo, these windows between exotic and interesting worlds opened in an instant.
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'My Way News - Secrecy Invoked on Abramoff Lawsuits'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'White House is invoking security issues in handing over more documents pertaining to US case against Abramoff.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: My Way News - Secrecy Invoked on Abramoff Lawsuits 2007
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Invoked by poets, artists, and musicians, these nine nymph-like goddesses presided over the arts and sciences in the world of the ancient Greeks.
Goddess Inspiration Oracle: the Muses | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr 2007
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Invoked by poets, artists, and musicians, these nine nymph-like goddesses presided over the arts and sciences in the world of the ancient Greeks.
2007 August | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr - Part 2 2007
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• Invoked the court's supervisory authority over the state court system to impose a new rule on law enforcement that all juvenile custodial interrogations be electronically recorded....
Archive 2006-03-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Invoked here, visions of Cecil B. DeMille's screen epic come to mind.
The Annotated "Estimated Prophet" John Perry Barlow 2005
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