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From far away, the volatility feels potent; at Liberty Plaza, it is present yet less threatening as the community of occupiers is seemingly peaceful, pre-occupied with establishing an order of sorts and dealing with its new-found recognition and status.
Liz Neumark: The Best Acre on the Planet Liz Neumark 2011
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From far away, the volatility feels potent; at Liberty Plaza, it is present yet less threatening as the community of occupiers is seemingly peaceful, pre-occupied with establishing an order of sorts and dealing with its new-found recognition and status.
Liz Neumark: The Best Acre on the Planet Liz Neumark 2011
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These ultra-extremist conservatives seem so pre-occupied with breeding.
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From far away, the volatility feels potent; at Liberty Plaza, it is present yet less threatening as the community of occupiers is seemingly peaceful, pre-occupied with establishing an order of sorts and dealing with its new-found recognition and status.
Liz Neumark: The Best Acre on the Planet Liz Neumark 2011
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These ultra-extremist conservatives seem so pre-occupied with breeding.
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These ultra-extremist conservatives seem so pre-occupied with breeding.
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Williams based the character on a hustler he knew in New Orleans, and he was pre-occupied enough with the story 20 years later to begin what he called "an experimental film-play" adaptation, which was never produced.
A Director Finds His Way to Tennessee Lizzie Simon 2011
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Maybe it was just my timing -- which happened to correspond with Halloween -- but the Bloomington Occupiers seemed pre-occupied with surviving the annual student "Zombies" march that apparently threatens the security of Indiana University every Halloween.
Brian Czech: Presenting the Economic Policy of the Occupy Movement Brian Czech 2011
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It says there is "every likelihood that torture and ill-treatment will remain widespread" because Iraq's government is pre-occupied with continuing violence, a ruined infrastructure, widespread poverty and an ailing economy.
Amnesty Accuses Iraq of Operating Secret Prisons to Torture Detainees 2011
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From far away, the volatility feels potent; at Liberty Plaza, it is present yet less threatening as the community of occupiers is seemingly peaceful, pre-occupied with establishing an order of sorts and dealing with its new-found recognition and status.
Liz Neumark: The Best Acre on the Planet Liz Neumark 2011
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