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  • You can almost feel it coming ... problem is so many hot shots, heavy hitters, party elites, and out-of-work Clinton admin apparats have signed away their souls to make Clinton the Sequel.

    Obama Had More Than 50,000 Online Donors 2009

  • But, also, the campaign apparats and how they operate of all of these candidates need to be examined.

    CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2008 2008

  • This is ideological science, Soviet in its approach: like the Soviet apparats who insisted that it was possible to make ideologically correct weeds that would magically transform themselves into wheat; these boneheads insist that it's possible to make computers and networks that are less-good at copying files.

    Boing Boing: October 2, 2005 - October 8, 2005 Archives 2005

  • The American public seems to regard them as something akin to Soviet apparats.

    The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992

  • Hence the cry to replace it with a compliant chamber of members firmly under the control of the party apparats.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2010

  • Det er meget lettere, mener jeg, at forstå, hvordan diskurser virker og påvirker os, hvis vi kender til nogle af det kognitive apparats funktioner.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2010

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