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  • To the Editor: Ballot access is the major problem in this country, and it will never be dealt with so long as we have a two-party system [“The Blue-Ribbon Boys Make a Mess of Voting,” Nicholas von Hoffman, The National Observer, Oct. 10].

    Letters 2005

  • "Bates's Blue-Ribbon Hair Renewer" -- awful facts against which the additional fact that he was rich and she was not, counted nothing.

    Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • "That's Mr Dalton, the young banker, as takes such a lift o 'the temp'rance coffee-taverns an' Blue-Ribbon movement."

    The Young Trawler 1859

  • Rick Anderson named to head "Blue-Ribbon Panel" on accounting standards for private companies

    AccountingWEB.com bgrabarek 2010

  • The nominees are then grouped into eight different specialties and peer-reviewed by a Blue-Ribbon panel, comprised of the nominees who scored the highest in each category.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Blue-Ribbon Companies Which companies were on the most Fortune lists - including the FORTUNE

    WSOCTV.com - Local News 2009

  • It contains recommendations for pursuing unresolved subpoena and document requests, the creation of a "Blue-Ribbon Commission," and specifically calls for an independent criminal review of the warrantless domestic surveillance, extraordinary rendition, and enhanced interrogation practices utilized by the Bush administration.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Blue-Ribbon Companies Which companies were on the most Fortune lists - including the FORTUNE

    WSBTV.com - Local News 2009

  • It contains recommendations for pursuing unresolved subpoena and document requests, the creation of a "Blue-Ribbon Commission," and specifically calls for an independent criminal review of the warrantless domestic surveillance, extraordinary rendition, and enhanced interrogation practices utilized by the Bush administration.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • It contains recommendations for pursuing unresolved subpoena and document requests, the creation of a "Blue-Ribbon Commission," and specifically calls for an independent criminal review of the warrantless domestic surveillance, extraordinary rendition, and enhanced interrogation practices utilized by the Bush administration.

    JURIST - Paper Chase 2009

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