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He became famous in the cartoon series because the writers of the cartoon series wanted an 'expendible' character and decided to dig up Changeling and use him as the X-Men who gets killed on the first mission the audience sees (they had a choice between him, Thunderbird or Mimic as X-Men characters who had died and stayed dead and realized that Changeling would endear himself to audiences faster and easier than the other two).
Comic Book Movie 2009
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It ought to be someone expendible, given his track record.
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A "simpler" expendible version might cost $75M after development (at least another $1B).
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Determine AS A MATTER OF URGENCY whether RS-25 (expendible SSME) or RS-68B (man-rated D-4 main engine) is better in terms of performance, delivery time and cost (both for development and production);
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So the powers that be gave room for mothers to enter the work force and now consumers had 2 members earning expendible assets creating demand but wages still remaind stagnant So did DEMAND.
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So the powers that be gave room for mothers to enter the work force and now consumers had 2 members earning expendible assets creating demand but wages still remaind stagnant So did DEMAND.
Think Progress » Citizens United Decision: ‘A Rejection Of The Common Sense Of The American People’ 2010
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I hope people stop and think that we can be opponents, but we don't have to be deadly enemies...to demonize another person because of a disagreement and to make them expendible is not a democracy, it's not the America I know. ...
White House, lawmakers react to attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Felicia Sonmez 2011
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It ought to be someone expendible, given his track record.
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So the powers that be gave room for mothers to enter the work force and now consumers had 2 members earning expendible assets creating demand but wages still remaind stagnant So did DEMAND.
Think Progress » Will Scott Brown Stick By Birther Candidate Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden? 2010
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That such people have outlived their economic usefulness to “The People” and are thus expendible?
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