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The short version is that theatrical releases, apparently on a pick-and-choose basis, will be available on this service just 60 days after theatrical release.
Scott Mendelson: The Shot Heard Round the Industry... Studios' doomed plan for pre-DVD Video On Demand. Scott Mendelson 2011
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Both explicitly authorize specific “pick-and-choose” options for the President.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review? 2010
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But most Catholics are not that, and even the most conservative of us -- because we tend to agree that the current Vatican teaching which upholds the obligation of Catholics to discern is correct -- are, to some degree, pick-and-choose Catholics.
Michele Somerville: A Frock Does Not A Priest Make Michele Somerville 2011
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The church (and I was raised catholic -- even went to a convent school!) cannot "pick-and-choose" when to intervene.
Bishop bars Patrick Kennedy from communion over abortion 2009
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But in the party of pick-and-choose, the Repubs always go with the nearest loser.
Think Progress » Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks. 2010
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The short version is that theatrical releases, apparently on a pick-and-choose basis, will be available on this service just 60 days after theatrical release.
Scott Mendelson: The Shot Heard Round the Industry... Studios' doomed plan for pre-DVD Video On Demand. Scott Mendelson 2011
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You employee the selective, pick-and-choose, mentality when it comes to the founding articles of this country.
Think Progress » Huckabee Inadvertently Argues For Health Insurance Mandate: ‘Everybody Has To Live’ 2010
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Mr. Clegg, when asked how high up the party's agenda the five-point bank reform plan was likely to be in the event of a hung parliament, said it wasn't a pick-and-choose menu.
Tories Vow to Safeguard U.K. Credit Rating Laurence Norman 2010
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Fortunately, many gay people are "pick-and-choose" Catholics who recognize that they, not the Vatican, are the Church.
Michele Somerville: Sex and the City of God, Part 3: Homophobia and the War on Eros 2010
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We can and do pick-and-choose which mitzvot are relevant to our lives, and I believe the majority of Jews among the 85% not-fully-observant would still say they're guided by the principles and morals they learned through the Jewish tradition -- even if it means reinventing some of those rituals as we go.
Paul Golin: God's Covenant, Judaism and Interfaith Marriage 2010
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