recommendations

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Tuesday morning, just as the recommendations were announced, Daley tried an old tactic to deflect media focus, loudly whining about current Gov.

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  1. noun The act of recommending.
  2. noun Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.
  3. noun Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended. See Synonyms at advice.

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  • To his other recommendations was added that of being a celebrated gourmet , and the excellence was proverbial of the little dinners which he gave in his house in Park Street, St James's, to which never more than eight friends were bidden, and at which there was an apricot tart on the sideboard all the year round. —  The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I
  • Tuesday morning, just as the recommendations were announced, Daley tried an old tactic to deflect media focus, loudly whining about current Gov. —  chicagotribune.com -
  • Among the recommendations were a cap-and-trade proposal limiting the amount of greenhouse gas emissions a business may legally produce, and a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant that could power about 900,000 homes. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect. —  Constitutionally Right
  • In a statement, the family of Gonzalez said: 'We hope very much that the recommendations are acted upon so no-one else suffers in the way the victims and their families have.' —  Home | Mail Online
 

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