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While some giant corporate media outlets tried to push the term "Super Congress" or "super Congress" for the new special joint budget committee, the term which won the day turned out to be "super committee."
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Corporations Are People, Mitt? Chris Weigant 2011
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While some giant corporate media outlets tried to push the term "Super Congress" or "super Congress" for the new special joint budget committee, the term which won the day turned out to be "super committee."
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Corporations Are People, Mitt? Chris Weigant 2011
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The term "Super Earth" makes me wonder if a world is three or four or ten times the size of ours and could have atmosphere and could sustain life would it be likely that the lifeforms, if any, would be larger as well?
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Saturday night's perigee moon acquired the name "Super Moon," as well as, by some, the attribution of super powers, enough to have caused Japan's 9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster--five Japanese reactors affected, three in danger of meltdown--as well as the potential for equal or worse devastation going forward.
Luanne Rice: Life out of Balance Luanne Rice 2011
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Saturday night's perigee moon acquired the name "Super Moon," as well as, by some, the attribution of super powers, enough to have caused Japan's 9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster--five Japanese reactors affected, three in danger of meltdown--as well as the potential for equal or worse devastation going forward.
Luanne Rice: Life out of Balance Luanne Rice 2011
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The NFL gets pissed if someone hasn't paid them money but uses the term Super Bowl, but how would they respond if the news media said You know what?
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2009
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The windfall earned Draghi the nickname "Super Mario" in local newspapers, after the computer game developed by Nintendo Co. in the 1980s.
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Draghi joined Goldman Sachs from Italy's finance ministry, where he earned the nickname "Super Mario" for overseeing more than $100 billion in state asset sales.
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History also credits Hunt with coming up with the name "Super Bowl" for the big game.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Upon the 1966 merger of the country's two main professional football leagues, the AFL and the NFL, Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt hit on the name "Super Bowl" for the contest between the two league champions.
Slate Magazine Will Oremus 2011
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