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  • The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October.

    Tim Giago: Navajo Nation Takes The Plunge 2008

  • The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October.

    Tim Giago: Navajo Nation Takes The Plunge 2008

  • The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October.

    Tim Giago: Navajo Nation Takes The Plunge 2008

  • The president's most important argument -- repeated even by once-reluctant Iraq warriors such as Colin Powell and George Tenet -- is that ousting Saddam Hussein and his regime in Baghdad will make Americans safer, that it will help drain the fetid swamp in which Islamic terrorism grows.

    Political Lives: Our 'Reality' Show Now Includes Leaving Our Homes 2007

  • And a once-reluctant John Walsh has been the host for nearly 20 years.

    CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005 2005

  • Some Lee backers had suggested the once-reluctant politician wouldn't need to campaign, only put his name on the ballot and then continue doing the city's business.

    SFGate: Top News Stories jcote@sfchronicle.com (John Coté 2011

  • Some Lee backers had suggested the once-reluctant politician wouldn't need to campaign, only put his name on the ballot and then continue doing the city's business.

    SFGate: Top News Stories jcote@sfchronicle.com (John Coté 2011

  • Moreover, dwindling trade and the legal cover of UN sanctions have helped persuade even once-reluctant governments in Europe and

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

  • At the same time, the Citizen Review Board was questioning once-reluctant officers in the CRB's investigation.

    ajc.com - News rcook@ajc.com 2010

  • At the same time, once-reluctant business owners now are actively looking to play

    Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010

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