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I dispise how baseball pre-empts so much tv (at least Football is fairly predictable on how long it will run).
World Series! So who are you rooting for? Yanks? Phils? 'Glee'? | EW.com 2009
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Confession of secret underground complex south of Tehran pre-empts nuclear accusation by US, France and UK
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Accept that the Constitution pre-empts state law and does not allow the majority to vote to redefine civil rights nor use their state's representative body to usurp the role, power and authority of the federal government.
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Prime minister pre-empts Labour attack over expected drop in growth with address outlining investment programme
David Cameron lays out his vision for job creation in CBI speech Nicholas Watt 2010
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The Puritan poet pre-empts the entire field of English epic poetry in this work, and he suborns the motifs and tropes of Homer and Virgil, reversing the role of heroics to display the difference between Christian and Pagan themes.
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Conservatives are the ones who resort to "states rights" arguments every time they don't like a federal law that pre-empts their agenda of religiosity, white supremacy, corporatocracy and giving up freedoms in a pantcrapping haze of fear all in the name of "sekyooritah."
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The justices have found that a federal law pre-empts suits against medical-device manufacturers filed under state liability statutes, but different language applying to drugs permits similar claims against pharmaceutical companies.
High Court Wades Into Funeral Protests, Vaccines Jess Bravin 2010
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The justices have found that a federal law pre-empts suits against medical-device manufacturers filed under state liability statutes, but different language applying to drugs permits similar claims against pharmaceutical companies.
High Court Wades Into Funeral Protests, Vaccines Jess Bravin 2010
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The justices have found that a federal law pre-empts suits against medical-device manufacturers filed under state liability statutes, but different language applying to drugs permits similar claims against pharmaceutical companies.
High Court Wades Into Funeral Protests, Vaccines Jess Bravin 2010
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The justices have found that a federal law pre-empts suits against medical-device manufacturers filed under state liability statutes, but different language applying to drugs permits similar claims against pharmaceutical companies.
High Court Wades Into Funeral Protests, Vaccines Jess Bravin 2010
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