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- noun Plural form of
statesperson .
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Examples
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"For years", because his 'political masters' put him there to do just that while they ran off with the boodle, this bureaucrat and whole conferences of adult 'statespersons' have been trying to find a legal definition for 'terror', for God's sake!
Justice - Action! 2007
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I call upon eminent statespersons of Africa, specifically those from the West African Region, to persuade Mr. Gbagbo to leave La Cote d'Ivoire and take up residency in another country.
Charles Walker Brumskine: Resolving the Ivorian Election Crisis Charles Walker Brumskine 2011
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I call upon eminent statespersons of Africa, specifically those from the West African Region, to persuade Mr. Gbagbo to leave La Cote d'Ivoire and take up residency in another country.
Charles Walker Brumskine: Resolving the Ivorian Election Crisis Charles Walker Brumskine 2011
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That shilly-shallying should come as no surprise after the performance of the EU statespersons in l'affaire Tony Blair.
The EU Faces Another Crucial Crisis: Its Determination to Be Ineffectual Irwin Stelzer 2010
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Elder statespersons of the industry (anyone over the age of 40) might fondly remember the low-tech precursor to email marketing: traditional or "snail" mail.
Sarah O'Leary: Thanks to Spam, It's Not Junk Mail Anymore 2010
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Elder statespersons of the industry (anyone over the age of 40) might fondly remember the low-tech precursor to email marketing: traditional or "snail" mail.
Thanks to Spam, It's Not Junk Mail Anymore Sarah O'Leary 2010
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Just as nutball leftists should be allowed to teach and work at universities, so should very sensible and in this case very influential statespersons such as Condi Rice.
"It’s as if it doesn't matter if you’re Hitler or anyone." Ann Althouse 2009
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The Iraq Study Group on the face of it seems to be a well meaning enough document put together buy a well meaning enough group of elder statespersons.
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Margaret Thatcher turned out to be one of the 20th century's great statesmen/stateswomen/statespersons.
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Have these young insurgents become Democratic Party elder statespersons - team players first and foremost?
Jeff Cohen: Hillary Rolls On: Are Netroots a Paper Tiger? 2008
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