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- adverb Nonstandard spelling of
rigorously .
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PTTEP will be 'rigourously' monitored for at least the next 18 months - Ferguson A THAI government-owned company behind Australia's worst oil spill has been given the go-ahead to continue local operations.
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Thanks. on January 8, 2010 at 12: 19 pm bender the robot lol - just noticed Harm-man after saying ‘rigourously deny any allegations of wrong doing etc’ has been potted … lol … made my day … on January 8, 2010 at 12: 23 pm Twining
They Just Don’t Get It. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Because, Mccain's policies has to be debated rigourously before the Nov 4 th election.
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My child is being taught “media standards” and to rigourously cite sources.
Joe the War Correspondent? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Yes, Ezra -- the fact that Parliamentary Law Clerk Robert Walsh insists on interpreting the law rigourously and meticulously clearly means he supports the murder of Canadian troops overseas.
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He is not impartial and his evaluation criteria are not rigourously enforced.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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It will be a disgrace if this is not followed up rigourously by the rest of the media.
Archive 2009-02-01 Mark Reckons 2009
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Bear in mind that anyone applying to adopt children is rigourously investigated, and that there will be very good but of course confidential reasons why the grandparents are not suitable carers for the children.
The Daily Mail... Joanna Bogle 2009
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It will be a disgrace if this is not followed up rigourously by the rest of the media.
Jacqui Smith and Lodgergate Mark Reckons 2009
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Clearly the success rate for a rigourously adhered-to abstinence program is 100%, i.e., higher than the success rate for condom use--or flip it around, either way, your comparison is false.
Harvard AIDS researcher says pope is correct on condom use | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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