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  • The work they do on Committees is done for free; the preparation they put into speeches is done for free; and any research they need they have to pay for.

    Why not money for peerages? Helen 2006

  • "Operate like most Senate Committees" is code for "controlled by rubber-stamp Republicans and no minority rights."

    Firedoglake » Bill Frist: Cheater 2006

  • All provinces have passed Centennial legislation, and the number of cities, towns, municipalities, counties and voluntary groups which have started Centennial Committees is most impressive.

    Centennial Business Is Your Business 1963

  • Committees is at the highest level humanity has achieved.

    Hans Krebs - Banquet Speech 1954

  • Committees from the American Chamber of Commerce, the American Hospital and the American Legion shook hands with him.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • Beyond official government enforcement bodies, government sponsored community organizations known as Committees for the Defense of the Revolution reach into every Cuban neighborhood encouraging citizens to monitor each other.

    HACER Weekly News Report 2009

  • The Speaker of the House of Commons needs to do something about "Committees" and soon !

    Archive 2008-07-01 LuLu 2008

  • However, the NEC Committees which are meant to assist the NEC in fulfilling its mandate, have been less effective in playing that role (see "Committees").

    SECTION B 1999

  • Doctor Deming: Under the heading "Committees," the following is proposed: "The Association shall appoint standing committees of three members each to consider and report on the following topics at each annual meeting: first, on promising seedlings; second, on nomenclature; third, on hybrids; fourth, on membership; fifth, on press and publication."

    Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911

  • The rail trains from many of the prominent cities bring in dignified "Committees" who come to see that the great abomination is conducted in a decent and

    The Abominations of Modern Society 1867

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