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The unbossed are a brave group, willing to learn about new things off the beaten track.
unbossed.com 2009
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This post from unbossed has a good overview of the different concerns, and links to other groups that work on this issue.
The Marcellus Shale - Your Shi Poo Pi! aka TBTAM 2008
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Dennis Wolff, according to unbossed. com, is being considered for Obama's USDA Secretary.
Jeffrey Smith: Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men" 2009
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Look, back in 1972, when I voted for the first time, my presidential choice was for "unbought and unbossed" Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to be elected to Congress.
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Brazile said she did it “for unbought and unbossed Shirley Chisholm; for Barbara Jordan, the first black woman to headline a major party convention; and for Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman Ohio sent to Congress.”
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Shirley Chisholm, 80Styling herself "unbought and unbossed," Chisholm was the first black woman in Congress and the first African-American, period, to seek the presidential nomination.
Unforgettable 2007
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An activist, a rabblerouser, and - as the title of her book aptly noted - "unbought and unbossed," she was, in the words of Shakespeare, an "unruly woman."
The late, great Shirley Chisholm Amazonfemme 2005
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An activist, a rabblerouser, and - as the title of her book aptly noted - "unbought and unbossed," she was, in the words of Shakespeare, an "unruly woman."
Archive 2005-01-01 Amazonfemme 2005
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I had taken the first, the hardest step, toward the realization of my dream of real political power, -- to become an unbossed boss, not the agent and servant of Plutocracy or Partizanship, but using both to further my own purposes and plans.
The Plum Tree David Graham Phillips 1889
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Not quite as unbossed as when they sent me on the Harris farm last summer, and I slept in the stable if I wanted to, and nobody asked if I'd taken a bath.
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors William Dean Howells 1878
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