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The CCP has always vilified the United States in its propaganda and will continue to do so because helps prop-up its ugly regime.
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Any evaluation of TARP's success must take into account the interaction among all government programs designed to prop-up the financial system, and the shifting of costs among these programs.
TARP Was No Win for the Taxpayers Paul Atkins 2011
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Darn gravity. i know you can use this thing in your lap, but it would have been far better if Apple had shipped plenty of its prop-up carrying cases on day one.
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According to the US General Accounting Office, Team Obama is already spending $12 billion each month to stabilize Iraq and prop-up the Karzai narcocracy in Afghanistan.
Eric Ehrmann: From Narcocracy to Democracy... Can a Marshall Plan Contain Haiti's Global Drug Trade? 2010
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Unfortunately, since Apple's prop-up carrying case isn't widely available yet, you'll have to prop it up with, say, an airplane neck pillow or anything wedge shaped.
The iPad needs some support: Don't use on a flat surface 2010
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According to the US General Accounting Office, Team Obama is already spending $12 billion each month to stabilize Iraq and prop-up the Karzai narcocracy in Afghanistan.
From Narcocracy to Democracy... Can a Marshall Plan Contain Haiti's Global Drug Trade? 2010
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Unfortunately, since Apple's prop-up carrying case isn't widely available yet, you'll have to prop it up with, say, an airplane neck pillow or anything wedge shaped.
The iPad needs some support: Don't use on a flat surface 2010
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(Many other buyers are tax-exempt funds that aren't concerned about tax rates and therefore should prop-up prices somewhat.)
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Darn gravity. i know you can use this thing in your lap, but it would have been far better if Apple had shipped plenty of its prop-up carrying cases on day one.
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The German government, or hardworking German taxpayers, surely would not countenance a second helping prop-up of the more lackadaisical southern Europeans.
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