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The avalanche of hit below the belt, name-calling ads and attacks that the GOP presidential candidates have unloaded on each other give strong hint, if hint be needed, that the GOP will unleash its full arsenal of gossip, innuendo, rumor, slander and outright lies against Obama when the presidential campaign kicks into high-gear later in the year.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Never Ending Racist Assault on Michelle Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2012
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The avalanche of hit below the belt, name-calling ads and attacks that the GOP presidential candidates have unloaded on each other give strong hint, if hint be needed, that the GOP will unleash its full arsenal of gossip, innuendo, rumor, slander and outright lies against Obama when the presidential campaign kicks into high-gear later in the year.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Never Ending Racist Assault on Michelle Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2012
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From here, the story kicks into high-gear, taking the reader on a while ride.
“The Crown Conspiracy” by Michael J. Sullivan (Ridan Publishing, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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That is cool, sounds like HBO is kicking it into high-gear to get some new talent on the channel. blog comments powered by Disqus
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The avalanche of hit below the belt, name-calling ads and attacks that the GOP presidential candidates have unloaded on each other give strong hint, if hint be needed, that the GOP will unleash its full arsenal of gossip, innuendo, rumor, slander and outright lies against Obama when the presidential campaign kicks into high-gear later in the year.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Never Ending Racist Assault on Michelle Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2012
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From here, the story kicks into high-gear, taking the reader on a while ride.
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The avalanche of hit below the belt, name-calling ads and attacks that the GOP presidential candidates have unloaded on each other give strong hint, if hint be needed, that the GOP will unleash its full arsenal of gossip, innuendo, rumor, slander and outright lies against Obama when the presidential campaign kicks into high-gear later in the year.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Never Ending Racist Assault on Michelle Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2012
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Rather, the culprits are a leadership mindset and set of workplace policies that have not caught up with the reality today that most households consist of dual earners, that women comprise 50 percent of the labor force and 80 percent of them will become mothers, and that people live so long today they are unlikely to stay in high-gear for 50 years.
Nanette Fondas: Does the Labor Market Punish M(O)thers? 2010
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Yet as the June 8 California GOP Senate primary fight shifts into high-gear, it's becoming increasingly clear that Carly Fiorina is not the candidate to watch.
Down And (Almost) Out: How Carly Fiorina's Campaign Is Running Out Of Steam 2010
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I suspect that this was one of an on-going series of “distractions” that really kick into high-gear when O is in trouble, which is looking like a full-time job for O.
The White House Dangles a Carrot, but the Private Sector Sees the Big Sticks Coming | RedState 2010
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