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For instance, the White House budget would stop a long-deferred drop in Medicare reimbursements to doctors for the next two years, and pay for it with $62 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs over the next 10 years.
Budget Forecasts Bigger 2011 Deficit Jonathan Weisman 2011
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People who can afford to would probably opt to leave the money in their accounts for heirs to inherit -- thereby avoiding those long-deferred taxes.
Jason Alderman: Deadline Approaches for Mandatory IRA Withdrawals Jason Alderman 2011
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I finally decided to put everything into this long-deferred dream of mine -- to show the same grit my sister showed.
Elizabeth Robinson discusses The True and Outstanding Adventures of The Hunt Sisters 2010
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In mid-July, Orion turned up at the Moffett house proudly flourishing a piece of paper that he considered his long-deferred ticket to the big time, a patronage appointment as secretary to the governor of the newly created Nevada Territory.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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In mid-July, Orion turned up at the Moffett house proudly flourishing a piece of paper that he considered his long-deferred ticket to the big time, a patronage appointment as secretary to the governor of the newly created Nevada Territory.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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From a cyclical perspective, our analysis suggests that corporations -- and, to a lesser extent, consumers -- are in the early stages of a long-deferred product upgrade cycle.
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Afghans began listening to music again, shaved their beards if they felt like it, flew kites, and engaged in countless other long-deferred Afghan pleasures.
Ralph Lopez: The Real Story Behind Time's Afghan Woman Cover: American Complicity 2010
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"He may have opened the door to enactment of the long-deferred liberal agenda, but he neither received a broad mandate from the public nor the needed large congressional majorities."
The Most Unconvincing Spin Award xtra 2008
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They streamed into our doctors 'offices seeking long-deferred and sometimes urgently needed medical attention.
Dr. Quentin Young: Rx on Medicare's Birthday: Expand it to All 2010
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They streamed into our doctors 'offices seeking long-deferred and sometimes urgently needed medical attention.
Dr. Quentin Young: Rx on Medicare's Birthday: Expand it to All 2010
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