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  • But the main reason for Panetta's switch from supporting a thorough and transparent investigation into CIA abuses is pure Washington politics: the Obama White House thinks a truth commission or prosecutions would appear "vindictive, and possibly, inflam [matory]."

    Frank Naif: Despite Reform Pledges, Panetta Enables CIA's Bad Old Habits 2009

  • Even so, it is hard to see how one can avoid saying that some experiences and activities are worthwhile in themselves or, as Dewey prefers to say, consum - matory — and what is this but to say that we should aim at having or engaging in them, and at helping others to have or engage in them?

    EDUCATION WILLIAM K. FRANKENA 1968

  • - Fluctuating occlusal disturbance with TMJ pain and locking due to ipsilateral inflam - matory arthropathy with marrow edema and con - tralateral subacute AVN of condyle (46-year-old woman).

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  • Framingham, town of, sewerage system of, drains from the refor - matory prison to be connected with 191

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

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