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San Diego Chargers , whose current stadium-Qualcomm, or "The Q" as most residents here call it-is absolute garbage.
Forbes.com: News Bleacher Report 2011
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Hey Tom-This admisnistration as every one before it-is not in charge of the Secret Service.
Secret Service acknowledges failure in state dinner snafu 2009
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The next stop for the bill-before the full House of Representatives can vote on it-is the Rules Committee.
Tom Andrews: NO EXIT: Congressman Seeks to Fill Gap in Afghanistan War Funding Bill 2009
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The challenge for TV-and the political elites who respond so slavishly to it-is to stay on the story, to answer that "firebell" in the night when there are no longer any fires.
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Handling disappointment-and going on from it-is one of life's lessons.
The Trophy Syndrome 2008
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Comparing the two measurements, the lighting used for lighting the advertisements-which night dwellers may well walk past without noticing it-is surely a profligacy of energy.
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So the budget bill lives, and it-or something like it-is likely to receive 51 votes in the Senate before Independence Day.
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They talk funny thay-ah too but this "Madame Moosebrain" - I love it-is way ovah the top!
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Transmission-putting that information into the hands of everyone who wants it-is also much more efficient.
An Interactive Life 2008
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Noting that the war in Iraq-one of the key impeachable crimes because of the lies that were used to justify it-is costing hundreds of billions of dollars, Oemig pointed out how many crucial projects affecting Washington State residents were in jeopardy because of lack of federal funding.
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