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								April 23rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm actually the liberals follow a slightly different version bubkis the PRESUMPTION of an end justifies the means Obama and Niebuhr 2010 
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								I've got almost nothing about how she did that year, and bubkis about what happened to make her change so much. Who Do You Say I Am 2010 
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								That turned out to be, as some Jewish folk might say, total bubkis. Rumor: Shane Black Writing Lethal Weapon 5? Doubt It… « FirstShowing.net 2008 
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								I paid in for 27 years and when I need them I get bubkis! 
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								I paid in for 27 years and when I need them I get bubkis! 
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								Then he went to Brooklyn and got himself a cheap "fugazy" Torah for bubkis, and pocketed the difference to underwrite the killing. Eric Dezenhall: "Corruption Shtick" in the Garden State 2009 
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								As I suspected, my "events press" badge would get me bubkis in this situation; without any planning on my part, I'd have been put on a long waiting list with the general public. 
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								Madison's interpretation of a statute that was never passed is worth bubkis. Balkinization 2007 
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								Buzz turned out his pockets for bubkis; he knew a brick wall when he saw one. The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988 
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								At a debriefing about the hunt for the hidden arsenals, he brings up the obvious - they got bubkis - to the displeasure of his superiors. 
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