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• “We hold that these colored barbarians have been withdrawn from a country of native barbarism, and under the benignant influence of a Christian rule, of a Christian civilization, have been elevated, yes, _elevated_ to a standing and position which they could never have otherwise secured.”

  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861

• “Yellen used the word "elevated" four times in her speech in referring to the 8.8 percent jobless rate.”

  BusinessWeek.com -- Top News

• “The majority of MPC did see near some term elevated CPI prospects elevated and UK growth momentum would be more than thought.”

  FXstreet.com

• “The unemployment rate will remain elevated for years to come, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve that addresses for the first time economic conditions at the time of the next presidential election.”

  POLTICAL HOT TOPICS: November 25, 2009

• “And the funny thing, as admitted to myself, was that evolution teaches in no uncertain voice that man did run on all fours ere he came to walk upright, that astronomy states flatly that the speed of the revolution of the earth on its axis has diminished steadily, thus increasing the length of day, and that the seismologists accept that all the islands of Hawaii were elevated from the ocean floor by volcanic action.”

  The Water Baby

• “Cicero differs from Demosthenes in elevated passages.”

  Archive 2010-03-01

• “So, the unemployment rate is going to remain elevated – too elevated and there are too many people who are suffering – for some period of time.”

  Orszag: 'We've stepped back' from economic 'free fall'

• “Surface water and ground water around MTM activity are characterized by elevated sulfates, iron, manganese, arsenic, selenium, hydrogen sulfide, lead, magnesium, calcium and aluminum; contaminates severely damage local aquatic stream life and can persist for decades after mining at a particular site ceases 18, 20.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeff Biggers: Breaking: New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Additional Cancer Cases

• “Though Bristol is being billed a "star" here based on her public speaking career, this career stems from being a high-profile teen mom, with her high profile the result of Bristol's famous mom being elevated from the relatively obscure post of governor of Alaska, to one of the nation's most visible political figures, when John McCain decided to roll the dice on his VP pick just two short years ago.”

  The Huffington Post: Phil West: Staying Alive: Bristol Palin Lives to Dance Another Week, and What That Says About the Pending Mid-Term Elections

• “Will be interesting to see if the NY appellate court engages in elevated scrutiny and if so, what standard of review theyadopt.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment

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