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West China Cement said in an email Tuesday that "the market has over-reacted" to the Moody's report and that the issues raised by the agency had been previously disclosed and were "fully resolved."
Moody's Red Flags Sink Hong Kong-Listed Chinese Stocks Kate O'Keeffe 2011
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I still wonder if I have over-reacted ... every since the split-second decision I took to bring him here to the ER ...
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The guy probably over-reacted, but I doubt he will be the next serial ax-murderer.
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Typically, the industry and their Congressional allies over-reacted, starting the meme that the FCC wanted to "regulate the Internet" and that Congress had given the Commission no such authority.
Art Brodsky: Net Neutrality And The New Congress -- Meh Art Brodsky 2010
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All of these flaws came to a head during the week of rioting and looting, when rolling news media overdosed on graphic but often misleading imagery, politicians over-reacted and the rightwing print media went apeshit.
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The guy probably over-reacted, but I doubt he will be the next serial ax-murderer.
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They over-reacted and rather than apologize for this mess, they now claim the President altered his speech.
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Well, perhaps I over-reacted a bit because of my past close encounters with the Moslerites and the upset it causes to see them get space in publications where serious people go to learn something and risk learning Moslerism instead.
Social Security Privatization Debated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Just as some people have panicked over kids who sext, others have focused on some well publicized cases where police and prosecutors over-reacted by charging kids with production, distribution or possession of child pornography, which can result in a prison sentence and being listed on a sex offender registry, perhaps for life.
Larry Magid: With New Data We Can Stop The Teen Sexting Panic Larry Magid 2011
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Typically, the industry and their Congressional allies over-reacted, starting the meme that the FCC wanted to "regulate the Internet" and that Congress had given the Commission no such authority.
Art Brodsky: Net Neutrality And The New Congress -- Meh Art Brodsky 2010
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