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  • Among wrestling rules changes approved this week by the National Federation of State High School Associations is that starting next season, competitors must weigh in wearing "suitable" undergarments.

    No more naked wrestler weigh-ins; Leslie to N.C. State 2010

  • Curious, I called the Associations department once again.

    Aaron Greenspan: Customer Disservice Spotlight On: FedEx 2008

  • The Home Depots Paul Raines to Chair The Latin American Associations 19th Annual Latin Fever Ball: Caribe Ritmo, Sabor y Sol - Atlanta

    HispanicTips 2009

  • John’s response: … How does your boss measure the ROI of attending Chamber mixers, participating in Associations, and dropping in on networking luncheons?

    Social Media Marketing: What’s the Goal? 2009

  • It left neighboring ministers, that is, the Associations, if one among their number seemed to be too free in lending his pulpit to itinerant preachers, to curb his friendliness.

    The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene

  • He also gets what we have called Associations established between the acts and the pleasure or pain which they give, and so avoids the painful and repeats the pleasurable ones.

    The Story of the Mind James Mark Baldwin 1897

  • "Associations" or how much "influence" one has over another is a difficult thing to prove.

    "Obama dismissed Mr. Ayers as just 'a guy who lives in my neighborhood,' and 'not somebody who I exchange ideas with on a regular basis.'" Ann Althouse 2008

  • The Agricultural Bureau or Farmers 'Associations' meetings provide intercourse with other men on the land.

    Wheat Growing in Australia Australia. Dept. of External Affairs

  • His expectation that their labor would be highly prized, was fortified by the "Associations" at Port Phillip to obtain laborers from Van Diemen's Land, and the resolutions of the committee of the New South Wales Council, where a strong disposition was exhibited, on the part of employers, to renew transportation.

    The History of Tasmania , Volume II John West 1840

  • * Brooks 'group is officially called the National Narcotic Officers' Associations 'Coalition (make sure to include both apostrophes!), but this is such a terrible name that, taking my cue from Stossel and other media outlets, I refuse to use it.

    Reason Magazine Jacob Sullum 2010

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