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  • This Act, and the _Land Act_ passed the same year (1860), although well meant, failed to improve the situation of the tenants.

    Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

  • _ _The Rehearsal_, Act V, burlesques this: -- '_The Argument of the Fifth Act_ ...

    The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664

  • This Act may be cited as the "_______Act of______".

    Reason Magazine 2010

  • Act to Help Children Read Gooder (and do other things gooder, too) •Stop Standardized Testing So Damn Much Act

    Berks county news 2009

  • First, a quick refresher: The DREAM Act is short for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. Currently, undocumented immigrant children who were brought to the U.S. at a young age and have grown up here have no way to become legal citizens and fully contribute to society.

    Mary Olivella: Why Do Moms DREAM? Mary Olivella 2010

  • First, a quick refresher: The DREAM Act is short for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. Currently, undocumented immigrant children who were brought to the U.S. at a young age and have grown up here have no way to become legal citizens and fully contribute to society.

    Mary Olivella: Why Do Moms DREAM? Mary Olivella 2010

  • The advantage of the Public Option/Medicare buy-in Act is that, as Yglesias points out, it gives us a way forward after the main bill passes.

    Matthew Yglesias » Grayson Introduces Public Option Act 2010

  • First, a quick refresher: The DREAM Act is short for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. Currently, undocumented immigrant children who were brought to the U.S. at a young age and have grown up here have no way to become legal citizens and fully contribute to society.

    Mary Olivella: Why Do Moms DREAM? Mary Olivella 2010

  • The fact is that not long after the Constitution was ratified, Congress exercised its coinage power not by creating the Fed but, in the Coinage Act of 1792, the United States Mint.

    A Constitution Scholar for the Fed Seth Lipsky 2011

  • The fact is that not long after the Constitution was ratified, Congress exercised its coinage power not by creating the Fed but, in the Coinage Act of 1792, the United States Mint.

    A Constitution Scholar for the Fed Seth Lipsky 2011

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