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The resolution was designedto give Republicans a platformon spending to contrast with Obama's State of the Union message.
Reducing the deficit and growing the economy will be the hot topics in 2011 Shailagh Murray 2011
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Then they stood in the forest and beat the pans, aMongolian custom designedto scare away evil spirits that emerge during solar eclipses.
Acting funny in the middle of nowhere … « Ken Wilson's Blog 2009
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The only solution the killer system can offer isa protracted death, the status quo which translates intocreation of a North American Union designedto put to waste every bit of natural resources is available in the Canadian territory.
Desperate Times Demand Revolutionary, Visionary Response 2008
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Secure Flight, a program designedto accustom US citizens to the idea of having to “present their papers” in order to travel inside the US went unnoticed.
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Based upon proprietary breakthrough discoveries in MPI's labs, GENIE generators are being designedto operate continuously, without fuel, extracting electricity by converting an energy source that exists everywhere in the universe.
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At the same time, the Serbian government was preparing a resolution for the parliament which was designedto recognise and apologise for the large-scale killing in Srebrenica in July 1995.
openDemocracy Eric Gordy 2010
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Th experiment featured a metal fuel canister with wires and was designedto show what caused TWA Flight 800 to crash in 1996.
Bostonist 2010
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And the "Cadillac" tax is designedto hit far less generous plans after a few years.
NY Post: News By BETSY MCCAUGHEY 2009
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Take, for example, one of life’s most frustratingly nauseating events, morning sickness, which is actually designedto protect your genes.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Take, for example, one of life’s most frustratingly nauseating events, morning sickness, which is actually designedto protect your genes.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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