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The actress is used to sidewalk waits for cattle-call auditions, and she finds brunch far less stressful: I don't have to perform when I go inside.
The Brunch Exceptions Anne Kadet 2011
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I didn't want the cattle-call feel of a lot of wineries here, says the 57-year-old Ms. Fleming.
In Napa, Blending a House and Winery Nancy Keates 2011
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* Rep. Bachmann will speak this June at the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference formerly known as the Southern Leadership Conference, a sort of cattle-call for 2012 contenders.
Afternoon Fix: Sarah Palin takes on Michelle Obama Chris Cillizza 2011
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The name-drop made for good TV but doesn't seem to be what scored her a ticket to the show's vaunted "Hollywood auditions": The Seattle native didn't yet know she'd get the fall internship when she first showed up for a Idol cattle-call in Milwaukee last July.
White House intern Molly DeWolf Swenson took time off to try out for "American Idol" The Reliable Source 2011
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Ms. Palin took the opportunity to respond from the stage of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference here, which meets every four years and boasts itself as the first "cattle-call" of the presidential election cycle.
Palin, at GOP Conference, Hits Obama Nuclear Policy Susan Davis 2010
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Ms. Palin took the opportunity to respond from the stage of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference here, which meets every four years and boasts itself as the first "cattle-call" of the presidential election cycle.
Palin, at GOP Conference, Hits Obama Nuclear Policy Susan Davis 2010
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Ms. Palin took the opportunity to respond from the stage of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference here, which meets every four years and boasts itself as the first "cattle-call" of the presidential election cycle.
Palin, at GOP Conference, Hits Obama Nuclear Policy Susan Davis 2010
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Though he dislikes cattle-call interest-group forums, he prepared diligently for a June forum on black issues at Howard University in Washington, D.C., understanding that, by dint of his race and life experience, he had a chance to shine.
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In the Toronto district, these Courts are a cattle-call of all set-down actions, to schedule a final pre-trial conference and set trial dates.
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Though he dislikes cattle-call interest-group forums, he prepared diligently for a June forum on black issues at Howard University in Washington, D.C., understanding that, by dint of his race and life experience, he had a chance to shine.
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