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I am of the opinion that if public and state educational officials believe that no child is worth giving-up on, neither should any teacher be worth giving-up on.
Randy Miller: Ending Tenure May Not Be the Answer Randy Miller 2011
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I am of the opinion that if public and state educational officials believe that no child is worth giving-up on, neither should any teacher be worth giving-up on.
Randy Miller: Ending Tenure May Not Be the Answer Randy Miller 2011
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In The Shadow of the Future there is a sense of giving-up, the struggle for material existence is abandoned and the poet's soul is freed The victory is not achieved at once.
Edith Södergran: a biographical profile - 11 David McDuff 2010
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The big challenge, of course, is trust--giving-up absolute control over end results and trusting others to contribute their best to a group effort.
Co-Creation: The Key To The Best Innovation Bill Fischer 2010
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So perhaps Kim Jong-il is trying to secure the loyalty of the military by demonstrating that his son is not a wimp who will try to appease the Americans by giving-up the country's cherished nuclear military program?
Leon T. Hadar: North Korea Is in China's Strategic Backyard: It Should Deal With It Leon T. Hadar 2010
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In The Shadow of the Future there is a sense of giving-up, the struggle for material existence is abandoned and the poet's soul is freed The victory is not achieved at once.
Archive 2010-01-01 David McDuff 2010
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So perhaps Kim Jong-il is trying to secure the loyalty of the military by demonstrating that his son is not a wimp who will try to appease the Americans by giving-up the country's cherished nuclear military program?
Leon T. Hadar: North Korea Is in China's Strategic Backyard: It Should Deal With It Leon T. Hadar 2010
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So perhaps Kim Jong-il is trying to secure the loyalty of the military by demonstrating that his son is not a wimp who will try to appease the Americans by giving-up the country's cherished nuclear military program?
Leon T. Hadar: North Korea Is in China's Strategic Backyard: It Should Deal With It Leon T. Hadar 2010
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You will be even more pleased to learn that Clive is giving-up blogging - probably to take-up knitting or lacework or something else more suited to his refined sensibilities.
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So perhaps Kim Jong-il is trying to secure the loyalty of the military by demonstrating that his son is not a wimp who will try to appease the Americans by giving-up the country's cherished nuclear military program?
Leon T. Hadar: North Korea Is in China's Strategic Backyard: It Should Deal With It Leon T. Hadar 2010
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