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  • The phrase is widely misunderstood, thought to refer to an all-pervasive omerta that barred anyone in Spain speaking of the Franco past after his death, thereby keeping a lid on memories that was only recently blown off.

    Spain and the lingering legacy of Franco 2011

  • Just over a decade later, Thatcher's crude rightwing dogmatism had given way to a kind of all-pervasive centre-right wishful thinking.

    Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones – review 2011

  • This ability to connect to the all-pervasive, transformative force, the Field, the divine spirit, was now part of my life like the act of walking.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Years ago, my friend John Gilmore told me he thought accounts of the spread of botnets (massive networks of virus-compromised machines that can be used in concert to send spam, attack servers, etc) were overblown, because if botnets were really all-pervasive, then the price of using them should have crashed.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • He spoofs himself into an exuberant documentary that demonstrates the all-pervasive influence of modern advertising by satiric example, and with great ingenuity—talking, for example, about product placement while he's placed in such products as a JetBlue terminal where he slugs down a bottle of POM Wonderful.

    'Incendies' Burns With Mystery, Truth Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Finally, we have the all-pervasive Criminal Alien Program CAP, which exists mainly in all state and federal jails.

    Jorge-Mario Cabrera: Warning: ICE Fishing Dragnet in Effect Jorge-Mario Cabrera 2011

  • Finally, we have the all-pervasive Criminal Alien Program CAP, which exists mainly in all state and federal jails.

    Jorge-Mario Cabrera: Warning: ICE Fishing Dragnet in Effect Jorge-Mario Cabrera 2011

  • This ability to connect to the all-pervasive, transformative force, the Field, the divine spirit, was now part of my life like the act of walking.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Finally, we have the all-pervasive Criminal Alien Program CAP, which exists mainly in all state and federal jails.

    Jorge-Mario Cabrera: Warning: ICE Fishing Dragnet in Effect Jorge-Mario Cabrera 2011

  • There is an all-pervasive fear and hatred of the company, which workers refer to as “him;” equating Massey with the person of Don Blankenship, its multi-millionaire CEO.

    Think Progress » Don Blankenship Called Safety Regulators ‘As Silly As Global Warming’ 2010

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