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I agree that govt as countervailing power is the lynch-pin of contemporary statism.
Milton Friedman's Isolation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Over the past decade, the principle of locally-led development has been confirmed and endorsed as the lynch-pin for improving impact from aid resources.
Stephen P. Groff: Climate Change: Learning the Lessons of the Past 50 Years Stephen P. Groff 2011
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Over the past decade, the principle of locally-led development has been confirmed and endorsed as the lynch-pin for improving impact from aid resources.
Stephen P. Groff: Climate Change: Learning the Lessons of the Past 50 Years Stephen P. Groff 2011
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Much good it did her, for now the driver discovered a lynch-pin sprung, and his language poisoned the air.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Rambo came back to life, and is one of two franchises that have come back to startling life from a franchise that seemed to be utterly dead because the leading star, the lynch-pin of the series, was just too old.
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If liberty isnt the lynch-pin of morality, whatis?
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Also a kind of lynch-pin for the entire narrative scope of the novel.
KN | Kitsune Noir » KN/PC Presents: Inside Look at Cody Hoyt 2009
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The city administrator is the lynch-pin in communicating information and building consensus between the city, the police, and the non-governmental bodies who need to work together.
Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland 2009
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If liberty isnt the lynch-pin of morality, what is?
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Especially the subsequent events dependent upon it, for 9-11 truly is the lynch-pin for the justification of so many atrocities perpetrated by its architects.
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