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  • Advocates for gay marriage insist that such a reform is necessary to acquire many long-denied rights, yet virtually all those civil rights have been won in Europe through “domestic partner” laws and in the majority of major companies in the United States, which give full benefits to nonmarried domestic partners.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • No Nasser, no Ben Bella, no Arafat, just ordinary people in their millions demanding their long-denied civil and political rights.

    Is There an Arab George Washington? Bret Stephens 2011

  • Stifling his long-denied urge to strike the man, Declan turned toward the research ward and his own suite of rooms.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • Stifling his long-denied urge to strike the man, Declan turned toward the research ward and his own suite of rooms.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • However, closing it by the end of 2011 would allow for a long-denied opportunity to turn the page forward and reexamine the basis of the WTO system.

    Moving beyond Doha Anu Bradford 2011

  • His voice was absolutely bereft of intonation, but Beth could feel the long-denied pain buried deep beneath his words.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Neal Gabler has a must-read op-ed in the New York Times today, and not least because he identifies me as "a blogger," which I think should give me some long-denied cred next time I head to Yearly Kos.

    McCain’s Irony Effect - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • His voice was absolutely bereft of intonation, but Beth could feel the long-denied pain buried deep beneath his words.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • With their growing grassroots support, it's for committed Palestinians to achieve their long-denied equity, justice and self-determination.

    Printing: The Occupied West Bank Latroun Villages 2009

  • Instead, he stayed on to take up the position of foreign minister and facilitate recent agreements aimed at granting long-denied rights to the Kurdish minority and ending two decades of attacks by the PKK. The peripatetic minister went to 13 countries in October alone, raising Turkey's diplomatic profile to its highest level in years.

    ‘Window to the Future’ 2009

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