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Progressives have put their agenda now in a hyper-drive.
David Brock: 400 Rabbis Can't Be Wrong David 2011
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If a spew of old-movie allusions guaranteed greatness -- if mere pastiche equalled masterpiece -- then every Quentin Tarantino flick would be genius, and an animated film need only hire the manically talented Robin Williams to toss off film quotes like some imdb.com algorithm on hyper-drive.
IT TAKES TWO TO 'RANGO': Why the animated Depp hit is a very, very good film 2011
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Executive agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor have been in hyper-drive, adding to the already job-crushing $1.75 trillion annual cost, according to the Small Business Administration, of federal regulatory compliance.
A 2012 Republican Strategy for Congress Ron Johnson 2012
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So we - it was the dream on hyper-drive that made it untenable.
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How new technologies will put your laptop into hyper-drive; why Ikea is so good at getting you to buy stuff you don't need; plus, archaeological evidence that questions the Out Of Africa theory
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If a spew of old-movie allusions guaranteed greatness - if mere pastiche equaled masterpiece - then every Quentin Tarantino flick would be genius, and an animated film need only hire the manically talented Robin Williams to toss off film quotes like some Imdb.com algorithm on hyper-drive.
Land of allusion: 'Rango' is a double-barreled valentine to Hollywood 2011
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Progressives have put their agenda now in a hyper-drive.
David Brock: 400 Rabbis Can't Be Wrong David 2011
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From that Sunday lunchtime, the entire media apparatus had gone into absolute tunnel-vision hyper-drive.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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In the panic and confusion following 9-11, the Bush Crime Family moved into hyper-drive to implement a far-reaching (and possibly premeditated) plan to clamp down on our individual rights and freedoms (USA Patriot Act, TIPS, FISA amendments, FOIA denials, indefinite detention, etc.) and centralize and strengthen their surveillance and phony counter terrorism efforts under one big, new, fascist tent.
How They Win 2010
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I can just imagine that the smoky back rooms in Washington where meat, dairy and poultry lobbyists make their dirty little deals and hide the real facts about what is in our food are in hyper-drive.
Christina Pirello: Is the Early Onset of Puberty in Young Girls Linked to Meat? 2010
alexz commented on the word hyper-drive
If the Google book search is accurate, this goes back to 1925 science fiction.
"We could just equip the space ship with something we might call Hyper-drive, and let it go at that."
Term later found in 1950's Analog and Galaxy science fiction magazines.
March 11, 2018