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Amanda Beard and Katie Hoff are the second and third seeds, respectively, and Texan Dana Vollmer is the lone American in the 200.
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Analysis: With some member of the Patriots 'O-line getting long in years, Vollmer is probably a guy who will be groomed for a job in the near future while providing depth in 2009.
Draft analysis: Jets trade up to No. 5 to select Mark Sanchez 2009
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I believe that the flower shown here is a variant of the Leopard Lily known as Vollmer’s lily, but I’m not sure.
Weekend Hikes in the Pacific Northwest: Josephine Lake | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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Unfortunately Vollmer wasn't around when Nixon decided to wage his war on drugs against the American people in 1971.
Stephen Downing: An Open Letter to California Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Stephen Downing 2011
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With our help, society may one day awake from this nightmare called drug prohibition in the same way that August Vollmer helped bring America out of the nightmare called alcohol prohibition nearly 80 years ago.
Stephen Downing: An Open Letter to California Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Stephen Downing 2011
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Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images U.S. swimmer Dana Vollmer competed in the final of the women's 100-metre butterfly swimming event in the FINA World Championships in Shanghai Monday.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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Rookie tackle Sebastian Vollmer was drafted in the second round but probably won't start right away.
As Patriots gear up again, their hopes rest on Brady's health 2009
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With our help, society may one day awake from this nightmare called drug prohibition in the same way that August Vollmer helped bring America out of the nightmare called alcohol prohibition nearly 80 years ago.
Stephen Downing: An Open Letter to California Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Stephen Downing 2011
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Vollmer would tell us that we don't have to be the stormtroopers following orders from the Obama administration and its dedicated horde of prohibitionists -- we can use our time-honored option -- our duty -- to prioritize crime according to public sentiment and evidence based policing as well as our own growing awareness over the relative seriousness of the harms to justify putting our energies elsewhere.
Stephen Downing: An Open Letter to California Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Stephen Downing 2011
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August Vollmer, the police chief whose name is synonymous with the origins of professionalism in American policing, would urge you to send it back.
Stephen Downing: An Open Letter to California Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Stephen Downing 2011
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