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Unfortunately, in her Why Alaskans Should Vote for Me essay that the Anchorage Daily News published this morning Lisa used her column inches to pitch her candidacy to Alaska patriots, rather than to national patriots to whom, in passing, she simply self-servingly vouched that she is "not afraid to reach across the aisle when it's in the best interest of our state."
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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Unfortunately, in her Why Alaskans Should Vote for Me essay that the Anchorage Daily News published this morning Lisa used her column inches to pitch her candidacy to Alaska patriots, rather than to national patriots to whom, in passing, she simply self-servingly vouched that she is "not afraid to reach across the aisle when it's in the best interest of our state."
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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One popular explanation for the rise in caesareans is that clinicians wish, self-servingly, to lower the risk of litigation following deaths or injuries in childbirth.
Please, render unto caesareans a little less hysteria | Catherine Bennett 2011
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Galt, Dagny, and the rest of the gang probably live and laugh and love in the same parallel-universe world of a Congress-free America and a collectivizing Europe that Rand self-servingly, and self-defeatingly, chose for the novel.
Ellis Weiner: "I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie) Ellis Weiner 2011
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Plentyoffish. com, somewhat self-servingly claims the move is a victory for free dating sites.
Its official Match.com Abandons Paid Dating… « The Paradigm Shift 2009
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Joe Englert calls, self-servingly, for H Street liquor license moratorium Housing Complex
DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 26, 2011 Mike DeBonis 2011
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When I was first asked to write a piece on the one woman, living or dead, who has inspired me most as a woman and as a writer, the choice seemed self-servingly obvious: Louisa May Alcott.
Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted: Hillary Rodham Clinton: That "R" Is for "Resilient" Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted 2011
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When I was first asked to write a piece on the one woman, living or dead, who has inspired me most as a woman and as a writer, the choice seemed self-servingly obvious: Louisa May Alcott.
Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted: Hillary Rodham Clinton: That "R" Is for "Resilient" Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted 2011
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In reality, it is that untenable position, unabashedly and self-servingly defended, that is the real scandal, the real crime.
Angela Bonavoglia: At Easter, Church Expels Women's Advocate, Keeps Pedophiles In The Fold Angela Bonavoglia 2011
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Galt, Dagny, and the rest of the gang probably live and laugh and love in the same parallel-universe world of a Congress-free America and a collectivizing Europe that Rand self-servingly, and self-defeatingly, chose for the novel.
Ellis Weiner: "I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie) Ellis Weiner 2011
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