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- noun Plural form of
cop-out .
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Before we get underway, catch up with the action on the Republican campaign trail with our live blog of the day's activity.8.05pm: We already have excerpts released by the White House ahead of the speech tonight – and the strongest line so far comes when Obama says: "No bailouts, no handouts and no cop-outs":Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people.
State of the union 2012: Obama's address as it happened 2012
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It's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom: no bailouts, no handouts, and no cop-outs.
State of the union address: excerpts hint at campaign to come 2012
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I could argue that Moore flouts these with his cop-outs, the deus ex machina, the expediently inconsistent behaviour of characters like Starbuck and Tigh, that the result may be serviceable but it is still Just Plain Bad in terms of craft, like bad code that runs but is ridden with bugs.
There's No Prescribing Prescriptivism Hal Duncan 2009
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It's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom: No bailouts, no handouts and no cop-outs.
State of the union 2012: Obama's address as it happened 2012
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We are supposed to feel guilty for what other people did but there are a thousand cop-outs for what we ourselves did to those we did it to.
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The Democrats have the White House and both houses of Congress, yet are abdicating single payer universal healthcare, among a host of other cop-outs.
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I could argue that Moore flouts these with his cop-outs, the deus ex machina, the expediently inconsistent behaviour of characters like Starbuck and Tigh, that the result may be serviceable but it is still Just Plain Bad in terms of craft, like bad code that runs but is ridden with bugs.
More on Critique Hal Duncan 2009
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Cultural Christians love to sing the praise of disciple makers while themselves simultaneously avoiding, through the most crafty cop-outs, actually engaging in obedience to the Great Commission.
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The Democrats have the White House and both houses of Congress, yet are abdicating single payer universal healthcare, among a host of other cop-outs.
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Factor in ghostwriters, extremely careful publishing house legal departments, and musicians gunning for either continued relevance or to maintain a carefully crafted public image, and more often than not those bios end up as disappointing cop-outs.
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