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Both are red-herrings, intended to avoid making the tough choices.
Gary Shapiro: By Forcing Tough Decisions, Republicans Are Adults in the Room Gary Shapiro 2011
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The raw bluster of RedState meets the red-herrings and false equivalences of Mixner.
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Both are red-herrings, intended to avoid making the tough choices.
Gary Shapiro: By Forcing Tough Decisions, Republicans Are Adults in the Room Gary Shapiro 2011
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Both are red-herrings, intended to avoid making the tough choices.
Gary Shapiro: By Forcing Tough Decisions, Republicans Are Adults in the Room Gary Shapiro 2011
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• Fr. Powell, O.P., has a very helpful post, "The red-herrings of the LCWR" (Aug. 19, 2009) • This April 16, 2009, post on the Te Deum laudamus blog has some helpful background info and some links.
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At worst, she could have kept 911 on a speed dial, and the police would have been alerted that she was especially vulnerable. "reedjohnmiller1 said," There are a lot of red-herrings in this case - the relative wealth of the defendant and victim, lacrosse, etc ...
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The level of writing has been excellent and the clues as to what will happen are convoluted and maybe red-herrings.
Archive 2008-07-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Yes, you can put red-herrings in your script, but the actual resolution has to be more satisfying, not less satisfying, than the theories that went with the red-herrings.
Battlestar Galactica: Watched The Finale? Still Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers! 2009
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Three red-herrings and a strawman makes not an argument.
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The show has cleverly fed us us multiple red-herrings, but if you watch the last episode closely, you'll see a few things that tip their hand.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA to See Season Four | the TV addict 2007
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