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“I was confused when I spoke just now,” the Major said after a pause, “and I misused the word authority.”
Vanity Fair 2006
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Improve any of those metrics, and you will improve your keyword authority.
Court's Internet Marketing School - How To Make Money Online Court 2008
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Its strategic economic weight and its representative nature provide the G20 with potential for real long term authority.
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Improve any of those metrics, and you will improve your keyword authority.
Court's Internet Marketing School - How To Make Money Online 2008
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But we do -- those of us who are minorities and women see it sometimes, too, from men in authority.
CNN's Rick Sanchez fired after explosive interview on satellite radio Lisa de Moraes 2010
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No doubt it ostensibly intended to protect children from exploitation by people in authority.
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But we do - those of us who are minorities and women see it sometimes too from men in authority.
CNN fires Rick Sanchez after radio rant Lisa de Moraes 2010
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In 1870, you still don't contradict white people, especially those in authority.
Archive 2010-06-01 2010
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In fact, it used to turn up on TV a lot … Take your silly-ass provocations to Cincinnati where you might actually shock somebody in authority.
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Surely Burn ought to be made more widely available, and read with some care, not merely by people in authority.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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