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  • Well at least he went there knowing he willnot get black vote, but for the life of me. whwt has Barak done for blacks. — ashwin patel

    McCain at the N.A.A.C.P. Convention - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Dailykos and moveon supported a candidate that didnot vote on the general Betrayus ad, FISA, Iraq troop withdrawal. and their credibility as an organisation is finished. unless they do not vote for the One they have been waiting for. — ashwin patel

    The Great Debate at NN08 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The word patel crept into the vernacular as a general administrative title that was never meant to be hereditary.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Satara clinging to the _watans_ he had inherited from Sivaji after he had lost his crown in all but the name; Sindhia was always termed patel or village headman in the revenue accounts of the villages he acquired in Nimar; while it is said that Holkar and the Panwar of Dhar fought desperately after the British conquest to recover the _pateli_ rights of Deccan villages which had belonged to their ancestors.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • He gives no account, however, of the procession, but contents himself with informing his readers that the Lord Mayor (except in his tenure of office being annual instead of for life) is the same as a "patel" or "mukaddam" in the East: adding that "he is the only person in England, except the sovereign, who is allowed to have a train of armed followers in attendance on him."

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various

  • I wonder if he'll be given the same love/hate treatment from the parties that Arlen Specter received .... obviously with appropriate commentary for political affiliation patel

    Griffith: 'I can no longer align myself' with Dems 2009

  • As much as I like patel he is not good for zuko, he's better off as Sokka and Rathbone doesnt even belong anywhere near this movie.

    ‘Slumdog’ Star Dev Patel Joins Jackson Rathbone For ‘The Last Airbender’ » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • Not a recipe comments: bee said ... yesterday NPR interviewed dev patel who played jamal. he's 18 and so smart and articulate.

    Sold to the basest emotions Anjali 2009

  • How is Hillary gaining in NC and she got booed at the Jefferson dinner why is CNN reporting this on new station or even on the comment board sanjay h patel

    Clinton gaining on Obama in North Carolina 2008

  • Lets get something straight how can you sell this movie to older viewers with a asain kid as the lead....im not rascist or anything but anytime i see a asian guy play the lead i think of it 9 times out of 10 very comical and laugh half the movie.... i mean would you watch the last airbender if they had short round throwing fire and water at dev patel.

    New Airbender Banners and Trailer News | /Film 2010

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