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Newt Gingrich pulled off a sensational victory in the Republican presidential race on Saturday by taking the South Carolina primary, wrecking the carefully-laid plans of Mitt Romney and setting the stage for a protracted contest.
Newt Gingrich ruins Romney's night with decisive victory in South Carolina 2012
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In the middle of the week a second snowstorm left more than a foot of snow on the region, putting an end to our carefully-laid plans for lots of schools visits.
Delaware Museum Opening James Gurney 2010
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But both the dim-witted President George W. Bush and the intelligent President Barack Obama fell right into Osama's carefully-laid trap.
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But the motion controls throw a monkey wrench into this carefully-laid plan.
Game Consoles’ Motion Controls Promote Dangerous Movement | Manolith 2010
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However, tonight—tonight all Mrs. CVJ's carefully-laid plans will go awry, as she will be captured, in more than one way, by a last-minute fill-in date for one of the Junior Social Chairs—one Special Agent Robert Kerrigidan.
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Adrian: I've actually completed at least a draft of the new few books, and have a fairly detailed plot structure for the rest, but there's no guarantee that my carefully-laid plans won't get thrown by fresh ideas, or by logical consequences of events that I've already written about.
Interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky (Interviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2009
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However, tonight—tonight all Mrs. CVJ's carefully-laid plans will go awry, as she will be captured, in more than one way, by a last-minute fill-in date for one of the Junior Social Chairs—one Special Agent Robert Kerrigidan.
March 2009 2009
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As the Democrats continue to jockey for power and privilege they find the voters to be less than compliant with their carefully-laid plans.
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Stories are in part just those relationships, in part the brick-built bridges and expressways, like a monorail that leads the reader through the Lego city, around the sculptures, in a carefully-laid out path from A to B to C.
The Fanfiction Kerfuffle Hal Duncan 2006
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Stories are in part just those relationships, in part the brick-built bridges and expressways, like a monorail that leads the reader through the Lego city, around the sculptures, in a carefully-laid out path from A to B to C.
Archive 2006-05-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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