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A lot of people had forgotten this, and the shameful incompetence that led to the Waco massacre that — unlike the blamed Limbaugh, etc. — actually inspired Timothy McVeigh, but by bringing it up again Clinton is reminding people, and undermining the elder-statesman role he was trying to carve out.
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Our only nit: Tyler and Lopez both seemed to have more to contribute than elder-statesman Randy.
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And what if Strom Thurmond was a sitting Senator, an elder-statesman of your party, and you went to his birthday?
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Tony Tan is clearly operating an 'elder-statesman' campaign where he presents himself as being above mere politics and keeps aloof of his rivals.
Singapore Presidential Race Will Be Contested Chun Han Wong 2011
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The sparkly outfits have long been replaced by elder-statesman black, and he cuts a dignified figure while playing an acoustic guitar on Solitary Man and Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon.
Neil Diamond - review Betty Clarke 2010
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A lot of people had forgotten this, and the shameful incompetence that led to the Waco massacre that — unlike the blamed Limbaugh, etc. — actually inspired Timothy McVeigh, but by bringing it up again Clinton is reminding people, and undermining the elder-statesman role he was trying to carve out.
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Sondheim's elder-statesman, frequently-revived status today is a far cry from even a quarter-century ago, when he was still regarded by many in the community as a pretentious avant-gardist who refused to write crowd-pleasers.
The Hills of Tomorrow Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Sondheim's elder-statesman, frequently-revived status today is a far cry from even a quarter-century ago, when he was still regarded by many in the community as a pretentious avant-gardist who refused to write crowd-pleasers.
Archive 2008-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Sinatra was well on his way to becoming the elder-statesman Chairman of the Board, Elvis would be anointed the King of Rock 'n' Roll and Bing would be ...
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It cheers me to see that, after a few rocky months, the former president seems to have returned to elder-statesman status.
Tony Sachs: My Night Of Shame: Meeting The Clintons And Making An Ass Of Myself 2009
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