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  • A relied-upon fixture in the governor's political campaigns for years O'Malley will serve a four year term as the head of the party.

    Md. Dems pick another O'Malley 2011

  • Ms. Givhan is just another symptom of the cancer that has metastasized within the traditional media, an institution that American once admired, respected, and relied-upon for real information.

    Mark Nickolas: Last Month: WaPo Fashion Editor Declared Palin's Wardrobe Had "Nothing To Do With Fashion" (Another Reason To Stop Listening To Critics) 2008

  • The "Doing Business Report" has become one of the most relied-upon tools in the development world.

    Putting Ideas to Work Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak and Bruce Strong 2008

  • If these voluntary standards become relied-upon CPSC standards, then companies selling products that violate these standards could be fined — and their products could also be seized by U.S. Customs officials.

    CPSC discusses proposed changes in rules, policies 2007

  • The most textually sound version of this theory would read “suspend” in the Suspension Clause to result in a one-way ratchet; a mushier or, more charitably, a more flexible version would require that the extension of the habeas right be incorporated into Due Process somehow by becoming really old, or respected, or venerable, or relied-upon, or something likethat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Constitution Require Congress to Pass Particular Statutes “By Negative Implication”?: 2007

  • If these voluntary standards become relied-upon CPSC standards, then companies selling products that violate these standards could be fined — and their products could also be seized by U.S.

    CPSC discusses proposed changes in rules, policies 2007

  • I think unquestionably, having worked in some news rooms, I can think even over the last call it 14 years that standards have risen, you know, in terms of what kinds of attribution do you use, how much do you acknowledge having relied-upon wire service reports or other news organizations, how much do you rely on past language, you know, how tightly do you source things?

    CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2006 2006

  • Perhaps the most relied-upon method for tracing the why of childish acts is questioning the actors themselves—kids.

    You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

  • Perhaps the most relied-upon method for tracing the why of childish acts is questioning the actors themselves—kids.

    You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

  • The strangers within its gates usually outnumbered the regular membership, and they represented all classes and conditions of men, but not more representative were they than the company of those who were the constant attendants on its services -- the relied-upon supporters of its enterprises.

    Sixty years with Plymouth Church Stephen Morrell Griswold 1875

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