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Much more logical was Vince's final save for Eric, and his subsequent letting-go of his best friend once-and-for-all.
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I wish there was a sequel to it so the North/Progressives can obliterate off the face of the planet, once-and-for-all, the terrorist-loving Southern hicks.
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When people say they "like" Paul Ryan it is because they see him as a kind of political Navy SEAL, someone with the specialized knowledge needed to do hand-to-hand policy combat with an incumbent president who represents a once-and-for-all assertion of Washington's primacy.
The Paul Ryan Factor Daniel Henninger 2011
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In fact, the pursuit of just such a once-and-for-all long-term plan led to one of Israel's worst strategic debacles: its invitation to Yasser Arafat, under the Oslo Accords, to take power in the West Bank in 1994.
An Antiterror Roadmap Gabriel Schoenfeld 2011
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Damned as "Maoist" by the entrapped Vincent Cable, the big experiment planned will simultaneously attempt a once-and-for-all great leap forward, and a cultural revolution that will smash central authority.
Medical care: The non-national health service | Editorial 2011
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In fact, the pursuit of just such a once-and-for-all long-term plan led to one of Israel's worst strategic debacles: its invitation to Yasser Arafat, under the Oslo Accords, to take power in the West Bank in 1994.
An Antiterror Roadmap Gabriel Schoenfeld 2011
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Former Labour Chief Whip, Geoff Hoon (now 'Buff' to his mates) and, former Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt have written to their party colleagues to ascertain, apparently "once-and-for-all," whether a secret ballot should be held to gauge levels of support for Brown to lead Labour into the forthcoming general election campaign.
Cedric Perrier: Is Gordon Brown's Labour Party Eating Itself Before Dinner? 2010
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Because Israel invaded with the exact same kind of all-out-war and final-battle and once-and-for-all rhetoric, when it could never possibly have erased Hezbollah from the face of the earth.
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Your 40-year-old son, bereft of employment and living at home likely waiting-out your eventual demise in an effort to occupy your home and inherit your assets once-and-for-all, could be catapulted into adulthood with the press of a button and a template message: Thanks for ensuring our eternal regret for neglecting to use a prophylactic on one damn occasion.
Jason Kitchen: Jimmy Kimmel's "National Unfriend Day"... Imagine the Possibilities Jason Kitchen 2010
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A once-and-for-all break with everything else that Dubya did, all of which Clinton either would have done or did in fact do.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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