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Thales: I think this is a non-responsive blanket associational smear; no one has presented any evidence at all that a single pro bono lawyer in question sympathizes with the goals or means with respect to acts that their clients have allegedly engaged in.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Haley has a non-responsive media office … Free Times
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BTW, I live for these non-responsive mindless ad hominem attacks.
Matthew Yglesias » Fama: Bank Failures Could Have Been Sorted Out “In a Week or Two” 2010
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I think this is a non-responsive blanket associational smear; no one has presented any evidence at all that a single pro bono lawyer in question sympathizes with the goals or means with respect to acts that their clients have allegedly engaged in.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Your rebuttal based solely on funding hiccups is, as you say, “non-responsive”.
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I live for these non-responsive mindless ad hominem attacks.
Matthew Yglesias » Fama: Bank Failures Could Have Been Sorted Out “In a Week or Two” 2010
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An abundance of young people in a country with a weak economy and non-responsive government can leave individuals frustrated by the lack of jobs and opportunities.
Elizabeth Leahy Madsen: The Demographics of Revolt Elizabeth Leahy Madsen 2011
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Mr. Romney's non-responsive response included five references to the "middle" class and another admonition that the "rich" are "doing just fine."
Romney's Guilty Republican Syndrome Kimberley A. Strassel 2011
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The question of "Will an interview or legal pursuit bring my child back to me?" was asked by many of the families who were so dismayed and disappointed with the non-responsive authorities that they had simply given up all hope.
Masoumeh Alinejad: An Open Letter to the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran Masoumeh Alinejad 2011
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This prompted Jim Powell to offer a non-responsive Corner post arguing that some New Deal policies were bad.
Matthew Yglesias » Bruce Bartlett Struggles in Vain Against Stupidity 2009
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