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For a man whose famed meat cookbook featured a much-ballyhooed amount of hyper-realistic gory butchery photography that made vegetarians everywhere squeal like pigs, the act of going almost vegetarian is surprising, to say the least.
Elissa Altman: The Brits and Their Veg: Can the Sunday Roast-Loving English Change the Way Americans Eat? Elissa Altman 2011
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Moreover, ProPublica never even called the commission for a comment on its much-ballyhooed "findings."
Phil Trounstine: Why the ProPublica Remap Yarn Is Nonsense Phil Trounstine 2011
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But the much-ballyhooed "nuclear renaissance" is a long way off, and it will be longer after events in Japan.
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For a man whose famed meat cookbook featured a much-ballyhooed amount of hyper-realistic gory butchery photography that made vegetarians everywhere squeal like pigs, the act of going almost vegetarian is surprising, to say the least.
Elissa Altman: The Brits and Their Veg: Can the Sunday Roast-Loving English Change the Way Americans Eat? Elissa Altman 2011
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Next came the much-ballyhooed White House scrub for "excessive" regulation, even as hundreds of new rules mandated by the legislation of the first two years continue to be written and to slow business investment.
The Obama Hiatus 2011
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As a result of their much-ballyhooed free agent signings, the team consistently must forfeit high draft picks and miss out on selecting blue chip prospects.
Joshua Neuman: Letter From a Spoiled Yankees Fan Joshua Neuman 2010
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And after sagging ratings in recent years NASCAR had made much-ballyhooed rule changes meant to lure viewers, starting with Sunday's Daytona 500.
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We can't keep our hands off Lancôme's much-ballyhooed Oscillation vibrating mascara.
Fashion Forward: Blanchett is bright in Armani's Black Lace makeup 2010
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As a result of their much-ballyhooed free agent signings, the team consistently must forfeit high draft picks and miss out on selecting blue chip prospects.
Joshua Neuman: Letter From a Spoiled Yankees Fan Joshua Neuman 2010
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There's the unending stream of injuries to crucial players, the growing number of free-agent disappointments and the ownership's much-ballyhooed financial woes, just to name a few.
Why Interleague Play Isn't Fair Jared Diamond 2011
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