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  • I have my views about gradualism, but I draw the line at actively assisting the initation of force.

    In which commentary becomes copy-and-paste 2009

  • I have my views about gradualism, but I draw the line at actively assisting the initation of force.

    In which commentary becomes copy-and-paste 2009

  • Like my father before me I was sworn into Xhefelag in my youth, went through the whole initation rite.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

  • Like my father before me I was sworn into Xhefelag in my youth, went through the whole initation rite.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

  • RE: #298 – RE: The initation of alarmism – Let us not forget the “eco pop culture” fiction books during the 70s such as “Ecotopia,” “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” and “Greenhouse” among others of this genre.

    Bill Gray Presentation « Climate Audit 2006

  • Bryant's rejection of this age-old ritual has the NFL community buzzing today and, perhaps more significantly, it has jump-started the debate on the merits or pitfalls of rookie initation, or at least how far it should be taken.

    Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS 2010

  • This was an initation for the younger boys, as this was the first time they'd worn their masks on.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • This was an initation for the younger boys, as this was the first time they'd worn their masks on.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • The whole design, initation, development, and disciplined application of this false "tea party" cabal smells strongly of skilled, heavily funded propaganda methods and cynical manipulation of a sacred American national-attitude story: The Boston Tea Party.

    Salem-News.com 2009

  • "We have a lot of different gangs, MS-13's mostly which are more violent than others," he said, adding however, that the likelihood the attack was a gang initation is

    WUSA-TV - Vodcasts 2009

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