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As I say in Proviso #2: Other trans people may have other definitions, or see things differently from me.
trans woman 2009
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The Proviso is about protecting later generations’ ability to appropriate/create.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The Proviso is about protecting later generations’ ability to appropriate/create.
IPSC: daily double--theory Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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When driven from every other argument, gentlemen of the South threaten, that if the 'Proviso' or a law prohibiting slavery in free territory, is passed, they will dissolve the Union.
Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin
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Toleration in the "Proviso" of the act establishing the Saybrook
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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The many heroic efforts of the anti-slavery phalanx were not without effect, and determined resistance was made to the admission of more slave territory which was in accordance with the "Proviso" prohibiting slavery in the Northwest.
Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Mifflin Wistar Gibbs 1885
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The Wilmot Proviso was an attempt by Northern politicians to exclude slavery from the territories conquered from Mexico.
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I adjusted the text on two Harlequins and two indie-pubbed books (Kept by Zoe Winters and The Proviso by Moriah Jovan * g*) and had the same issue: the formatting is off and so is the page count.
An EP Alert: a Sony Reader review | Edwardian Promenade 2009
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You rightly reported that the EU has made improved relations with Kosovo a condition for Serbia's becoming an EU candidate country "EU Advances Serbia With Kosovo Proviso," Europe news, Oct. 13.
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In 1952, Congress made it illegal to harbor, transport or smuggle illegal immigrants, but the “Texas Proviso” exempted hiring from the prohibition.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the SG’s Brief in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria 2010
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