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I also did the DNA thing and found some interesting things … Like part of my heritage (percentage-wise the largest part) is Mizrachi Iraq.
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In all four matchups, Democrats were less opposed percentage-wise (albeit the sample sizes do not allow for any significant differences to be adduced, generally, particularly in the South, where there were very few Republicans).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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That's the line of reasoning that's used against the Tea Party and percentage-wise, there should be 9 times more black Americans at an event like Occupy Wall Street than a Tea Party, instead of the racial breakdown looking about the same.
John Hawkins: Occupy Wall Street Is Like a Parody of a Protest John Hawkins 2011
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Not huge numbers, and certainly less, percentage-wise, than the average, which is 75%.
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If you look at the CNN exit poll in 2008, where Obama won Ohio 52-47 under a Democratic wave, percentage-wise we saw partisan results much like what we see today, but with Obama winning Independents by 8.
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During those Cold War days when there was a real threat of the Soviet Union, we were spending far less, percentage-wise.
Patrick Takahashi: Cut the Defense Budget, Please! Patrick Takahashi 2011
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I don't know the racial makeup of Broward County percentage-wise, but it seemed to me that African-Americans were not disproportionately represented in the county I saw this happen.
Discourse.net: Deconstructing the Police Report in the Skip Gates Arrest Case 2009
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City's offer is almost identical percentage-wise and United have been left to wonder whether this is deliberate.
Manchester United refer City to the FA in dispute over Cup tickets 2011
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During those Cold War days when there was a real threat of the Soviet Union, we were spending far less, percentage-wise.
Patrick Takahashi: Cut the Defense Budget, Please! Patrick Takahashi 2011
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If you figure a reasonable rate of taxation — $10 an ounce at the federal level and the same at the local level — and figure other costs extremely generously — and if you ignore the question of premium types which would drop percentage-wise as much — you get a very conservative drop of $100 an ounce for average commercial.
Matthew Yglesias » Marijuana Legalization as a Revenue Enhancer 2009
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