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I am short and always felt that the large floral prints were just too over-powering for my small frame, so I always stuck with solids or small prints.
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It is a fact that a hundred years ago only a few people anticipated the over-powering momentum which the anti-libertarian ideas were destined to acquire in a very short time.
Conceived in Tribalism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I have tried this version before with crispy bacon and found the bacon flavor too over-powering of the scallop.
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Tuberose has the potential to be over-powering, but in the hands of a master these five being among the best it is mysterious, complex and thoroughly suggestive.
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I actually found the mayo and buttered bun over-powering because of the blandness.
Downtown Lunch: Urban Lobster Shack | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2009
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Barack talks a lot in that interview about the structural changes necessary to effect functional change, while Hillary seems tied to using willful over-powering to force functional change.
Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't 2009
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You must really be driven by some kind of over-powering pathology.
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You must really be driven by some kind of over-powering pathology.
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Barack talks a lot in that interview about the structural changes necessary to effect functional change, while Hillary seems tied to using willful over-powering to force functional change. abby wrote on January 17, 2008 9: 24 AM:
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It will require a global mass movement of extraordinary tenacity, pressuring governments everywhere, and over-powering the fossil fools.
Johann Hari: It Is Five Minutes To Environmental Midnight. We Need To Act - Urgently 2009
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