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Two years after departing Congress following a drunk driving arrest led to revelations that the married congressman fathered a child with another woman, Fossella toyed with the idea of seeking his old seat -- running against Rep. Mike McMahon (D) this fall.
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He does this by employing the causal version of the principle of sufficient reason in the cosmological argument to show that the necessary being on which the contingent world depends must have in itself “a principle of acting, or power of beginning motion, which is the idea of liberty” (D 54; W II. 553).
Samuel Clarke Vailati, Ezio 2009
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Like Newton, Clarke adopted the view that space is necessarily infinite because “to set bounds to space, is to suppose it bounded by something which itself takes up space” or else that “it is bounded by nothing, and then the idea of that nothing will still be space,” and both suppositions are contradictory (D 115; W II. 753).
Samuel Clarke Vailati, Ezio 2009
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The Ovation iDea guitar is available right now for about $600.
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Neverthheless they still manage to put us into the headline, which reads, "Thunderstorms and iPods -- Not a Good iDea."
Warning: Don't go jogging during lightning storms. Duh. 2007
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Eric: We took your iEverything iDea, and put it at the end.
Caption contest 2007
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At the end of the sixteenth century Archbishop Bancroft conceived the idea of founding a library at Lambeth for his successors, and he seems to have bought about 150 Lanthony MSS. from Theyer, [D] which are now at Lambeth.
The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. 1899
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What a great idea: Tie Gaza aid to Shalit's release Representative Shelley Berkley (D - Nev.) came up with a great idea: Condition the aid to the
Israel Matzav 2009
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Brad Henry (D) had essentially the same message for his administration in ordering an immediate 10 percent cut: "No one relishes the idea of implementing further cuts to state programs, but we really have no choice because of the fiscal realities we face," Henry said, referring to double-digit percentage drops in revenue.
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