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- noun Plural form of
interventionist .
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Examples
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Should voters agree to the property tax increase in November, district officials say funding likely will be maintained for these programs, while other initiatives - such as more widespread use of "interventionists" - could serve students in grades 1-12.
Greeley Tribune - Top Stories By Jakob Rodgers 2009
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It's also well below the level that some big-name interventionists such as Paul Krugman are urging.
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Conservatives and liberal interventionists are growing increasingly vocal about what they deem the need for a no-fly zone to ensure that Gaddafi does not remain in power.
Arab League's backing of no-fly zone over Libya ramps up pressure on West 2011
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Throughout 2008, candidate Obama was "advised" by liberal interventionists like Samantha Powers and Anne-Marie Slaughter.
Andrew Levine: When the Leaders Speak of Human Rights Andrew Levine 2010
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The tactic is anathema to many conservatives and worries some liberal interventionists, who believe that only overt American authority can assemble an effective opposition to brutal authoritarian governments such as that of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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Conservatives and liberal interventionists are growing increasingly vocal about what they deem the need for a no-fly zone to ensure that Gaddafi does not remain in power.
Arab League's backing of no-fly zone over Libya ramps up pressure on West 2011
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I would put the late Richard Holbrooke in this school of liberal interventionists -- but what made Holbrooke such an outstanding global policy practitioner was his willingness to deal with the devil and to hammer out playbooks that were tenaciously committed to results.
Steve Clemons: Rebuilding America's Stock of Power Steve Clemons 2011
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Throughout 2008, candidate Obama was "advised" by liberal interventionists like Samantha Powers and Anne-Marie Slaughter.
Andrew Levine: When the Leaders Speak of Human Rights Andrew Levine 2010
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Neoconservatives and liberal interventionists put a premium on morality, on reacting and moving in the world along lines determined by an emotional and sentimental commitment to the basic human rights of other citizens -- with little regard to the stock of means and resources the US has to achieve the great moral ends they seek.
Steve Clemons: Rebuilding America's Stock of Power Steve Clemons 2011
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Conservatives and liberal interventionists are growing increasingly vocal about what they deem the need for a no-fly zone to ensure that Gaddafi does not remain in power.
Arab League's backing of no-fly zone over Libya ramps up pressure on West 2011
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