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Examples
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To study the Civil War and the Confederacy and cherry-picking how the history should be studied and remembered does the current and future generations a huge disservice.
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Outcome reporting, and ultimately "payment for performance," will inevitably lead to cherry-picking of healthier patients by doctors, hospitals and all the new Accountable Care Organizations created by the administration.
Better Use of Medical Records Is Good as Far as It Goes 2011
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At a time when the Tea Party is cherry-picking select provisions of the Constitution and discarding others to win short-term political arguments, we need the federal judiciary to be a strong guardian of all of our Constitution's provisions and amendments for the long-term.
Andrew Blotky: Making the Court a Priority for Progressives Andrew Blotky 2011
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Eliminate the cherry-picking of healthy people and the abandonment of sick ones and a lot of problems become solveable.
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Choosing cars is cherry-picking; people have mentioned the washers and dryers that get sold and re-sold and bequeathed.
Matthew Yglesias » What’s Not the Matter With American Manufacturing 2009
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At a time when the Tea Party is cherry-picking select provisions of the Constitution and discarding others to win short-term political arguments, we need the federal judiciary to be a strong guardian of all of our Constitution's provisions and amendments for the long-term.
Andrew Blotky: Making the Court a Priority for Progressives Andrew Blotky 2011
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Well, maybe I should start by showing that the media is cherry-picking data in order to delude the public.
warming-gate 2009
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Well, maybe I should start by showing that the media is cherry-picking data in order to delude the public.
warming-gate 2009
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At a time when the Tea Party is cherry-picking select provisions of the Constitution and discarding others to win short-term political arguments, we need the federal judiciary to be a strong guardian of all of our Constitution's provisions and amendments for the long-term.
Andrew Blotky: Making the Court a Priority for Progressives Andrew Blotky 2011
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Exhibit A in cherry-picking, nitpicking and schoolyard taunts: Laertes.
Matthew Yglesias » January Was the Warmest Temperature in World History 2010
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