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Management fought a holy war for “management perogatives” to prevent this from happening.
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The Churches assets and ancient perogatives will be turned over to another, and the transformation of
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Belittle a states perogatives, if it doesn't suit your political interests.
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Belittle a states perogatives, if it doesn't suit your political interests.
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But, at the end of the day, they stand and fight for nothing but personal perogatives and a deal-culture in which “consensus” is manufactured with bribes.
Matthew Yglesias » The Constitutionality of the Filibuster 2010
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At this same period, Harold Ickes was dual-hatted as Secretary of Interior and head of the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the Ickes/Hopkins clashes of the perogatives of Interior-PWA and Commerce-WPA were legendary.
Matthew Yglesias » Commerce Cabinet Crisis VII: Harry Hopkins 2009
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Of course Obama and his party and people will defend the perogatives of the Pres. now that they have it.
Waldo Jaquith - “Nevermind that unitary executive thing.” 2009
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We decided to back the French effort to re-assert their colonial perogatives.
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OTOH, if the Dems would lose majority status and all the perogatives that go with it, like setting the agenda and ignoring filling the federal judgeships that Bush wants appointed, our hands are effectively tied!
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While there are many non-Muslims living in Muslim countries, when there is a problem, its not Islam decreeing it, its individuals with their own perogatives
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