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  • One ex-legislator said he hadn't seen his cousin, a police superintendent, in six months.

    New Attacks Threaten Nigeria's Future Drew Hinshaw 2012

  • The formula is well-established, with the ex-legislator turning into digital tape and money some subject on which they have established either public or private expertise.

    From porn to Portillo | Mark Lawson 2011

  • Where were ye, men, when that savage whip fell about the ears of the poor ex-legislator?

    Doctor Thorne 2004

  • F.O. Carver, a prominent attorney of Roxboro, an ex-legislator, and a man who does his own thinking, comes out in a strong article in The Roxboro Courier announcing his views on the situation, frankly stating that politics should be relegated to the junk-pile for the present, and patriotism should prompt every man to give his support to the Democratic nominees this fall.

    Carver Places Patriotism First 1918

  • Our home speakers included a clergyman of Providence and one of our ablest lawyers, and an ex-legislator who had never stood on our platform before.

    History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

  • Where were ye, men, when that savage whip fell about the ears of the poor ex-legislator?

    Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1848

  • One ex-legislator might add useful experience, she said, but three "skews the perspective of the board."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • On Wednesday, however, the Supreme Court ruled that similar evidence used to investigate ex-legislator Wilson Borja for links to the FARC was inadmissible because it was recovered outside Colombia in Ecuador and without Ecuador's approval.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Quinn's first headline after signing the tax increase bill was to hire an ex-legislator to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board it apparently had nothing to do with her lame duck vote, both of 'em, promise.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Picking more than one ex-legislator pushes out other voices on the board, Pappas said.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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