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  • "Defeating" is about giving an alternative to "the violent, hopeless future" that al-Qaeda offers, though "different oportunities available to Pakistanis and Afghans and others."

    D-Beat | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • "Defeating" Sadaam Hussein, at huge costs has radicalized individuals and groups, increased recruitment and multiplied terrorist incidents seven fold.

    Diane Perlman: Open Letter to Pastor Rick Warren on Evil 2008

  • "Defeating" the United States would be a propaganda bonanza for the very people who have reduced Iraq to its present state.

    Daimnation!: My mistake 2006

  • "Defeating" a gunship with spells and swords alone wasn't something we felt would be appropriate for a high-flying, bombastic encounter like this one, so we decided that damage to both gunships would come from an ongoing exchange of cannon fire, and players would man the deck-mounted cannons of their gunship to try and take down the enemy.

    Worldofraids News 2010

  • American Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process The biggest challenge to better design isn't getting better designers.

    Knowledge is Power: Knowledge on the Web Archives 2010

  • Defeating Democrats may be an answer to voters in very close districts that flipped Democrat in the last election, but for the rest of us, voting in those politicians (Republicans) who put us in this mess is not a solution, it is doing the wrong thing again.

    Matthew Yglesias » Senate 2010 Outlook 2010

  • Defeating the presidency is the objective at all cost.

    Trippi: GOP trying to turn Obama into another Jimmy Carter 2009

  • Defeating the Wildcats 87-75, the Buffs earned a spot at the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament for the first time.

    CU Independent: Buffs Take Down Kansas State CU Independent 2011

  • Defeating Ferrer to reach the semis of the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami brought him that glory.

    Fish Passes Roddick to Become Top American Tennis Player 2011

  • American Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process The biggest challenge to better design isn't getting better designers.

    Knowledge is Power: Interface Archives 2009

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