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Whoever this "posterboy" is, all he really wants is to get the attention of various media whores and to get himself a lucrative spot in a Chelsea gallery.
"If there is a law that is outdated, impractical, and/or immoral, people should have the right to challenge it." Ann Althouse 2009
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But if you want to make the argument that skills in the field can translate onto the field, your posterboy should the Browns fourth-round-pick rookie linebacker Kaluka Maiava.
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Rubio has always been the neocon posterboy, nothing more.
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In honor our our current posterboy (Larry Meyer), I am happy to blog about a new NBER working paper by Pierpaolo Benigno titled "New Keynesian Economics: An AS-AD View".
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Rush runs the party and Steele is just a posterboy for the RNC to try and get the black vote.
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Faster and better than upstream, but upstream ignores the contributions, but people use it as a posterboy of FOSS strungoutonfreeware
OpenOffice.org 3.1 Available At A Server Near You | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Even "free" posterboy Wikipedia asks for donations on a regular basis.
Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books - Anil Dash 2009
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In it, a very “anti” anti-hero, Magog -- complete with shoulder-pads and a scarred eye (in reference to the posterboy for 1990s comics, the X-Man Cable) — took a stand against supervillainy and murdered The Joker.
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But if the crowd of 32,000 who turned up to march in NYC last Thursday – after the "pond scum" had been ejected from the park – are any indication, this hygiene issue is no longer a reliable talking point for Miller or for Newt Gingrich, the rightwing posterboy of the late 80s who has now entered the race for the Republican presidential noimination.
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It seems that right now, Chris Dodd's become the posterboy for incumbents in trouble.
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