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But, has Zucker given-up on the experiment too soon?
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But, has Zucker given-up on the experiment too soon? ',
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But, has Zucker given-up on the experiment too soon?
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Sterling Coo's other new co-accounts chief, Pete Campbell, father of Peggy's given-up child, fares less well than Ken, letting pompous liberal Paul Kinsey pontificate about the great history of Penn Station to client Madison Square Garden, which is out to tear it down.
William Bradley: Mad Men: "Love Among the Ruins" -- HuffPost Review 2009
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The vote hasn't OCCURRED yet, and you have already given-up.
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He says, "If I was in that situation, I would have even given-up the win for that boy."
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Given this drama, the developments of the past 48 hours is quite noteworthy, offering some hints that the GOP has effectively given-up any hopes of forcing Bunning out of the race, will likely continue to encourage donors to avoid helping Bunning, and even appear to be giving-up entirely, at this stage, of even holding on to this seat altogether.
Mark Nickolas: Signs That GOP Is Giving-Up On Holding Sen. Bunning's Seat 2009
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You think of Childrenof Men, and that was a very apathetic, given-up character.
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The manipulatorssay this was because he had to "shift to the middle" to win in a general election, which of course defies logic since what he was doing with his original message was waking-up the enormous sleeping giant of those 50% of voters that had given-up on our corrupt system long ago.
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Something of this nature could even arouse the 50% of the populace that have given-up on our current system.
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