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- adjective   Attributive form of current events , noun.
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								Maher -- a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana -- welcomed Galifianakis (currently promoting his new buddy movie 'Due Date,' co-starring Robert Downey Jr.) to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California's upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. Zach Galifianakis Smokes Pot On Bill Maher's Show (VIDEO) popeater.com 2010 
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								Maher -- a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana -- welcomed Galifianakis (currently promoting his new buddy movie 'Due Date,' co-starring Robert Downey Jr.) to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California's upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. Zach Galifianakis Smokes Pot On Bill Maher's Show (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010 
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								Maher -- a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana -- welcomed Galifianakis (currently promoting his new buddy movie 'Due Date,' co-starring Robert Downey Jr.) to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California's upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. Zach Galifianakis Smokes Pot On Bill Maher's Show (VIDEO) popeater.com 2010 
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								"Then again, Bob was a big thinker and didn't always show his cards," says Mr. Handler, who is organizing a roster of business leaders to take over Mr. Lessin's current-events class. Networking Effort for a Village School Goes Viral Melanie Grayce West 2011 
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								"There's a lot that's been going on this week," Ms. Catsimatidis said as the meeting morphed into current-events class. NYU's GOP Club Kids Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010 
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								Maher -- a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana -- welcomed Galifianakis (currently promoting his new buddy movie 'Due Date,' co-starring Robert Downey Jr.) to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California's upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. Zach Galifianakis Smokes Pot On Bill Maher's Show (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010 
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								Maher -- a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana -- welcomed Galifianakis currently promoting his new buddy movie 'Due Date,' co-starring Robert Downey Jr. to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California's upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. Zach Galifianakis Smokes Pot On Bill Maher's Show (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010 
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								Because this is mostly a theoretical class, I would like to avoid current-events details about Iraq. 
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								Maher -- a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana -- welcomed Galifianakis currently promoting his new buddy movie 'Due Date,' co-starring Robert Downey Jr. to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California's upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. Zach Galifianakis Smokes Pot On Bill Maher's Show (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010 
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								So too for this book, which transcends the usual limitations of the current-events genre to offer a masterly portrait of the human condition in circumstances of unique stress. 
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