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For all practical purposes, a few situations not-withstanding, Brother Gingrich will BE the President of the United States of America beyond the water's edge.
Robert David Steele: Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement--Waging Peace Robert David Steele 2010
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Political leanings not-withstanding, I'm finding it hard to 'believe' anything that doesn't come from someone who I think I can trust (for example, for me the Pew Center for .... seems to still report the facts, seemingly without regard to any political or socio-economic viewpoint).
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Political leanings not-withstanding, I'm finding it hard to 'believe' anything that doesn't come from someone who I think I can trust (for example, for me the Pew Center for .... seems to still report the facts, seemingly without regard to any political or socio-economic viewpoint).
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Our shores, midway not-withstanding, were never threatened.
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The not-withstanding clause says that anything not specifically attributed to the federal government's jurisdiction in the Constitution will fall by default to each State's jurisdiction.
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Political leanings not-withstanding, I'm finding it hard to 'believe' anything that doesn't come from someone who I think I can trust (for example, for me the Pew Center for .... seems to still report the facts, seemingly without regard to any political or socio-economic viewpoint).
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For all practical purposes, a few situations not-withstanding, Brother Gingrich will BE the President of the United States of America beyond the water's edge.
Robert David Steele: Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement--Waging Peace Robert David Steele 2010
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The not-withstanding clause says that anything not specifically attributed to the federal government's jurisdiction in the Constitution will fall by default to each State's jurisdiction.
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There appears to be a disturbing consensus in your circle of the need to continue using military means to bring Afghanistan into the twenty-first century, not-withstanding the failed efforts of the British Empire and the Soviet Union to dominate and modernize this rough tribal culture.
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All my complaints about the NY Times not-withstanding, I think if the Times were to disappear, I would miss their science reporting the most.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Spelling Errors and Evolution 2009
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