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Partisans from the right would point to the fiscal conservatism promotion of the movement.
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He was one of a group of extreme Polish nationalists known as the Partisans who had fought the Nazis together from inside Poland.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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Since May, al-Qaeda linked militants known as the Partisans of Sharia have taken control of several towns in Abyan, including the province's capital Zinjibar.
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"Partisans, " Sharpe said, -otherwise known as our allies.
Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003
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15,000 "Partisans" were killed but which yielded only 1,100 rifles and 326 pistols as the "Partisans '" armament.
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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Partisans on both sides have cheered the use of the filibuster to prevent the appointment of appeals court judges and cabinet officers.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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Partisans for the legislation claim that it simply aims to provide Medicare coverage for once-every-five-year conversations with doctors over end of life care.
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Partisans of this issue often wield vastly different facts and sometimes seem to even live in different realities.
Wonk Room » Washington Post Publishes Science Progress Editor Chris Mooney’s Response To George Will 2009
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Partisans in flyover country took their inspiration from one particular person, Sarah Palin.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Partisans in flyover country took their inspiration from one particular person, Sarah Palin.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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