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  • Tom Pennington/Getty Images Republican Senator-elect Rand Paul, left, his wife Kelley, center, and son Will waved to supporters at an el ection night party in Bowling Green, Ky.

    Election Day 2010

  • "Initially, the rate hike may well lead to a corr ection in emerging market assets, commodities and equities, and provide temporary support for the U.S. dollar as well as Treasurys," the bank said.

    Asia Falls on China Rate Move Shri Navaratnam 2010

  • One by one I've exhausted the modes: hedonism, asceticism, spontaneity, refl ection, everything from miserable Socrates to the happy pig.

    'The Last Werewolf' 2011

  • The whole thing is reminiscent of Edward Abbey's re fl ection that "growth for the sake of growth is the philosophy of the cancer cell."

    John Robbins: How The GDP Is Leading Us Terribly Astray 2010

  • The work, which captures the spirit of Romantic Vienna, will be performed during the Nov. 8 concert, along with a coll ection of waltzes by Chopin and Ravel.

    Tracing Two Romantic Heroes to Their Musical Roots 2010

  • In her victory speech on el ection night, surrounded by male aides at a hotel stage in Brazil's capital, Ms. Rousseff vowed to focus on continued progress for Brazilian women.

    Women Ascend in Latin America Paulo Prada 2010

  • Their chief objective entailed the prot­ection of the health, sanity and vitality of Australian art from the madness of Europe.

    Traditional Vs Modern Art: 1930s Australia Hels 2009

  • Despite this, I do accept that the Libdmes (given that they did not want a independence referedum election pre-ection) are not part of the government, therefore are perfectly entitled to vote against having a referendum - indeed this is thier official party policy.

    No smoke without fire? Jeff 2007

  • The room resembled an installation in a vacuous art gallery, the re? ection of the ceiling bulb on the wood? oor intended to signify the false surface of existence, the felled suitcases embodying the transitory nature of life — or more speci? cally, the life of the subject, shrimped up in the corner against a bare, mispainted wall.

    'Love And Obstacles' 2009

  • Their chief objective entailed the prot­ection of the health, sanity and vitality of Australian art from the madness of Europe.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Hels 2009

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