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Examples
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Dictating how private equity firms should operate will not go any way towards averting that.
Not the Right Moment Patience Wheatcroft 2010
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Dictating “lifestyles” to people identified only by virtue of an arbitrarily defined “excess” weight is neither helpful nor supported by scientific evidence.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » US College Promotes Weight Bias and Discrimination? 2009
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Dictating formal letters of acceptance to (presumably) the Ed Sullivan people while his assistant fields all the calls and does all the work.
The Beatles’ First US Visit documentary « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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"Dictating each take, I would throw in items I hadn't written, sometimes whole paragraphs."
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Dictating sessions with his personal assistant had become mutual embarrassments to be dreaded and deferred.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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If the massive new bill stalls from its own complexity, Sen. Harry Reid says he'll pursue a simpler-but-still-costly backup plan: Dictating that an ever-increasing portion of electric power must be generated from sources other than fossil fuels -- a so-called RES "renewable energy standard" which by itself could cost a million jobs as well as higher electric bills and income loss averaging $2,400 a year for a typical family.
Ernest Istook: Insiders Cash In Big, Consumers Pay Big Under New Energy Bill 2010
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Dictating the choice of topic was the obvious fact that Barack Hussein Obama, with his ever-outstretched hand, would not attack Iran, no matter how real and present a danger the Iranian nuclear program turned out to be.
Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010
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Dictating the choice of topic was the obvious fact that Barack Hussein Obama, with his ever-outstretched hand, would not attack Iran, no matter how real and present a danger the Iranian nuclear program turned out to be.
Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010
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Dictating how others conduct their affairs is what Alanadale obsessively (and insultingly) does on this blog!!!
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Dictating to other people how they should govern themselves isn't one of those things that we have done well anywhere.
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