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- initialism Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
- initialism computing Switched Port Analyzer, a Cisco technology
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(C-SPAN is broadcasting lots and lots of these debates -- we are more thankful for C-SPAN with every passing day -- so check their website to see what they are planning to run.)
The Fix's 2010 debate guide Aaron Blake 2010
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I know that C-SPAN is SportsCenter for political nerds.
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A lot of the nets are carrying Scott McClellan's testimony today live -- it starts in a few minutes -- but if you're away from a television and yet blessed with bandwidth, C-SPAN is carrying it on "The Tres," or C-SPAN 3.
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These special interest items are often slipped into bills at the last hour – when not even C-SPAN is watching.
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If you’re near a TV, [1] C-SPAN is covering live the [2] National Press Club address by [3] Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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If you’re near a TV, C-SPAN is covering live the National Press Club address by Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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If you’re near a TV, C-SPAN is covering live the National Press Club address by Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Anyone who knows anything about Islamofascism and/or cable service knows that al-Qaeda hearts C-SPAN, which is one of the few channels you can actually get in Afghani caves.
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Here in Ohio this is a group called SPAN that has a great idea of how to have a reasonable and good plan.
Death by vomiting on ER Floor; Murder Weapon: Denial of Universal Health Insurance 2007
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I haven't space to repeat what everyone has seen on TV (if you watch Jim Lehrer or C-SPAN, that is), but I do want to end my assignment for the week by mentioning some of the speakers who might not have been seen, who impressed me and who left me with quotable quotes.
July 2004 2004
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