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- noun
informal andnondemocratic manipulation ofpolitics by therich andpowerful
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Examples
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Perhaps George Osborne regularly serves meatloaf at the powerbroking soirées he hosts at his west London house.
John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2009
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Perhaps George Osborne regularly serves meatloaf at the powerbroking soirées he hosts at his west London house.
John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2009
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The 1951 coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions that selected Stevenson and Eisenhower presented a misleading image of “smoke filled rooms” and undemocratic powerbroking.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Little Rock — Fifty Years Later: 2007
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We're taking Michelle Grattan's word on Labor powerbroking now?
sinking vs swimming 2006
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London, Cardiff Music-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval At 64, David Sanborn has reached the age when one starts taking life, tallying up successes and failures, triumphs and disappointments.
WN.com - Articles related to Amy heading back to Caribbean 2010
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London, Cardiff Music-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval
WN.com - Articles related to The new Brit pop style: Lily Allen, Florence, La Roux and more 2010
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London, Cardiff Music-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval
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London, Cardiff Music-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval
WN.com - Articles related to The new Brit pop style: Lily Allen, Florence, La Roux and more 2010
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London, Cardiff Music-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval A guitar-toting Americana lovechild who belongs to the 1970s, and whose new single is more freeway
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More importantly for those who don't give a monkey's about the minutiae of domestic Italian powerbroking in the postwar era, it is a terrific piece of cinema, thoroughly meriting its critical comparisons to Scorsese and Sokurov, and confirming the promise of Sorrentino's earlier films, The Consequences of Love and The Family Friend.
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