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  • One potentially fruitful avenue has, however, been available at least since the start of the protests -- but its promise has been moving towards the oft-touted "point of no return" each time the regime ratchets up the violence and external actors invest more capital rhetorical, financial and otherwise in a policy of accelerated collapse.

    Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011

  • One potentially fruitful avenue has, however, been available at least since the start of the protests -- but its promise has been moving towards the oft-touted "point of no return" each time the regime ratchets up the violence and external actors invest more capital rhetorical, financial and otherwise in a policy of accelerated collapse.

    Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011

  • One potentially fruitful avenue has, however, been available at least since the start of the protests -- but its promise has been moving towards the oft-touted "point of no return" each time the regime ratchets up the violence and external actors invest more capital rhetorical, financial and otherwise in a policy of accelerated collapse.

    Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011

  • Then there is the oft-touted story of his liaison with Judith Campbell Exner, the girlfriend of mob boss Sam Giancana, now deceased, and the one about Ellen Rometsch, the alleged East German spy.

    Warren Adler: Chick Lit is Dead, Lover Lit is In Warren Adler 2012

  • Bloomberg News European Commission headquarters in Brussels The oft-touted argument goes that because U.S. regulators let the Chicago Mercantile Exchange buy the Chicago Boardof Trade in2007,Brussels will wave through the latest deal.

    Deutsche Börse's Tough Antitrust Test Matthew Curtin 2011

  • There are also novelty candidates, such as the oft-touted presidential ambitions of reality TV businessman Donald Trump, or Tea Party stars Cain and congresswoman Michele Bachmann, whom few see as remotely serious.

    Republican presidential hopefuls join battle to face Barack Obama in 2012 2011

  • One potentially fruitful avenue has, however, been available at least since the start of the protests -- but its promise has been moving towards the oft-touted "point of no return" each time the regime ratchets up the violence and external actors invest more capital rhetorical, financial and otherwise in a policy of accelerated collapse.

    Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011

  • Then there is the oft-touted story of his liaison with Judith Campbell Exner, the girlfriend of mob boss Sam Giancana, now deceased, and the one about Ellen Rometsch, the alleged East German spy.

    Warren Adler: Chick Lit is Dead, Lover Lit is In Warren Adler 2012

  • But such manufacturing of convictions makes America's oft-touted badge as "land of the free" seem less like worthy aspiration and more like brutal irony.

    Trust Me: Justice Is My Last Name 2010

  • I then decided to experiment with "mutual respect" as a replacement for the oft-touted "tolerance" in my forthcoming talks and lectures.

    Rajiv Malhotra: Tolerance Isn't Good Enough: The Need For Mutual Respect In Interfaith Relations Rajiv Malhotra 2010

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