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As a huge nay-sayer of the 3D trend, the footage I saw changed my mind.
Gorgeous New AVATAR Trailer Online « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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The vice president was much more a nay-sayer on this than someone who had a viable alternative.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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To all the nay-sayer non-smokers out there that own property, you should be bowing down to smokers!
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In a nutshell the footage shown was very impressive, especially for a nay-sayer of 3D like me.
[VIDEO] Avatar Day Thoughts « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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The vice president was much more a nay-sayer on this than someone who had a viable alternative.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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The vice president was much more a nay-sayer on this than someone who had a viable alternative.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Seventeen of the 34 Democrats who voted against the bill in March lost, while nay-sayer Charlie Melancon whiffed in his bid to defeat Louisiana Senator David Vitter.
Martyrs to ObamaCare 2010
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The vice president was much more a nay-sayer on this than someone who had a viable alternative.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Any movie that has to do with Iraq war is going to be political, even if its not blatantly obvious at first, some nay-sayer such as Moore, or political critic will find some aspect to reveal which side the movie is leaning to.
Michael Moore’s Top 20 Movies of 2009 and Why The Hurt Locker is “Very Political” | /Film 2010
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"No" is the one word that makes me almost pathologically have to find a way, if for no other reason than to go back to the original nay-sayer and proclaim "See! It could be done -- you just lacked the vision!"
Lori Culwell: Social Media for Writers: Get in There and Prove Them Wrong! 2010
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