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He urged Republicans to substitute "climate change" for "global warming", and helped get Fox News to order use of the phrase "government-run health care" during Congress' 2010 debate over health care reform.
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John and Clarissa Freeman were fictional ex-slaves who were the main characters in a textbook used in government-run schools to teach the former slaves how to think and behave as “free men.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Within several blocks of the Gate, this hoary government-run haunt should be the perfect stop for a late lunch.
City Walk: New Delhi John Krich 2010
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From its beginning, Al Jazeera reshaped the Arab public sphere by discussing government corruption, the role of women in Arab society, and other matters long ignored by the staid government-run news organizations in the region.
Philip Seib: Al Jazeera at 15 Years Philip Seib 2011
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Meanwhile, as it claws for more tax money, the government has felt rich (and wise) enough to allocate £ 1 billion for a "green investment bank" to pick winners and losers and has allocated millions more for a government-run venture-capital boondoggle to provide seed money to new businesses in Britain.
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Debates will be carried by government-run broadcasters.
Curtailed Powers Greet Venezuelan Lawmakers David Luhnow 2011
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Too many restrictions, and one eventually has no market system at all, but a government-run and badly administered [because it cannot be administered well by anyone, given the complexity involved] command-and-control system, which usually results in a black market, if not several.
Failure of Economics and the Market System? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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From its beginning, Al Jazeera reshaped the Arab public sphere by discussing government corruption, the role of women in Arab society, and other matters long ignored by the staid government-run news organizations in the region.
Philip Seib: Al Jazeera at 15 Years Philip Seib 2011
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In light of the critical, life-saving value of HIV drug therapies, there are better areas to reduce the budget than one of the few government-run success stories for patients struggling with HIV/AIDS.
David Mixner: Reasoning, Not Rhetoric, Key to Charting a New Path Forward for HIV/AIDS Treatment David Mixner 2011
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The rules say debates are to be aired only on government-run channels, effectively allowing the Ch á vez government to gag opposition members.
Curtailed Powers Greet Venezuelan Lawmakers David Luhnow 2011
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