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The arguments have all been raised and re-raised on both sides of the issue -- although admittedly there is very little by way of reasoning to support the status quo.
Roger I. Abrams: Another Blog About a College Football Playoff Roger I. Abrams 2011
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The case, which was highlighted by public advocacy group Public Knowledge, re-raised a question the group has presented to the Federal Communications Commission over the role of government in protecting content in text messages.
EZ Texting, T-Mobile settle text blocking suit Cecilia Kang 2010
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The arguments have all been raised and re-raised on both sides of the issue -- although admittedly there is very little by way of reasoning to support the status quo.
Roger I. Abrams: Another Blog About a College Football Playoff Roger I. Abrams 2011
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The personal income tax had been cut down to 25% in the highest bracket prior to the Depression, and Hoover re-raised it to fight budget deficits.
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All I can think about is that I could have advanced further in the 41st Annual World Series of Poker if I'd played that last hand better - you know, re-raised pro Paul Sheng from the button pre-flop or flat-called his bet on the turn to set up a nice bluff on the river.
Helen Ellis: Diary of a Poker-Playing Novelist Housewife Helen Ellis 2010
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Many of these “philosophical and rhetorical melodies” seem to recall the arguments raised, called, and re-raised by the thesis set forth in B.F.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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Guillaume Darcourt, winner of the WPT Bucharest, re-raised to 1,200.
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All I can think about is that I could have advanced further in the 41st Annual World Series of Poker if I'd played that last hand better - you know, re-raised pro Paul Sheng from the button pre-flop or flat-called his bet on the turn to set up a nice bluff on the river.
Helen Ellis: Diary of a Poker-Playing Novelist Housewife 2010
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Flags of Our Fatherswas Eastwood's splashy failure about the men who raised the American flag at Iwo Jima, then re-raised it to stage the famous photograph.
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Maybe Carter wouldn't have cut taxes so much, but then keep in mind that after Reagan cut taxes, he re-raised them a year later, so the size of his tax cut was less than advertised.
Barack Obama, more popular than ever. Ann Althouse 2009
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