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Hopefully she'll use her newly-won independence and her increased visibility to resume her role as an independent voice for reform, and as a critic of unnecessary compromise wherever it appears.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Elizabeth Warren's Choice: Politics or Independence RJ 2011
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It would be in the logic of uprisings that, like this "great French revolution" the precedent of which I incessantly heard invoked in Cairo, would produce their "soldiers of the Year II", coming to share with others their newly-won values.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: And if Egypt (and Tunisia) Were to Intervene in Libya? Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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It would be in the logic of uprisings that, like this "great French revolution" the precedent of which I incessantly heard invoked in Cairo, would produce their "soldiers of the Year II", coming to share with others their newly-won values.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: And if Egypt (and Tunisia) Were to Intervene in Libya? Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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And it was the Republican Party, despite the presence of moderates like Jacob Javits of New York, Charles McMathias of Maryland, and Everett Dirksen of Illinois, that responded to these legislative milestones by engineering the so-called "southern strategy" of 1968 that successfully sought to siphon off white voters in the South by stoking their anger and fears about the newly-won rights of African Americans.
Michael Wenger: Can African American Voters Save Us From Ourselves? Michael Wenger 2010
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That afternoon, I was boxing up my newly-won collectibles to send home to Adam.
Head in a Box Christian Bell 2011
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Hopefully she'll use her newly-won independence and her increased visibility to resume her role as an independent voice for reform, and as a critic of unnecessary compromise wherever it appears.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Elizabeth Warren's Choice: Politics or Independence RJ 2011
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Republicans don't have the votes to repeal health care reform, but they are determined to use their newly-won control of the House to fight it every step of the way.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: The Coming War on Health Reform, Government Cheese, and how CPCs Incubate Anti-Choice Violence The Media Consortium 2010
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Republicans don't have the votes to repeal health care reform, but they are determined to use their newly-won control of the House to fight it every step of the way.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: The Coming War on Health Reform, Government Cheese, and how CPCs Incubate Anti-Choice Violence The Media Consortium 2010
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Republicans don't have the votes to repeal health care reform, but they are determined to use their newly-won control of the House to fight it every step of the way.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: The Coming War on Health Reform, Government Cheese, and how CPCs Incubate Anti-Choice Violence The Media Consortium 2010
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I'm reasonably certain that the winners at the casinos don't torch their newly-won cash either, so they make up for fact that the losers at the casino no longer have the money to spend by spending their winnings.
Jodi Beggs: Andy Rooney Gets it Wrong on Gambling...and Lady Gaga Jodi Beggs 2010
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