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Then there's a self-written, charming lament for a much-loved cat, a bleak view of humanity as seen by a bird, and – best of all – the upbeat, true story of a 17th-century female landowner who seduced local women, to the fury of their husbands.
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In the 1980s, he ran a hydroponics store in Portland, Ore., and published one of the first books on how to grow marijuana: self-written, - illustrated, - printed and - bound because no publisher would dare touch it.
Boutique buds: What underground mom-and-pop growers did while we debated legalization Adrian Higgins 2010
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Koerner compares the killing of Mr. al-Awlaki to President Bush's starting the Iraq war for false reasons and to "ten years ago...federal agents being allowed to arrest you with a self-written warrant without any judicial oversight."
Dorian de Wind: Al-Awlaki's Death is Not America's Death Dorian de Wind 2011
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I made six albums in six years at CBS, each of them self-written, self-arranged.
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But ten years ago, you'd have said the same thing about federal agents' being allowed to arrest you with a self-written warrant without any judicial oversight; twenty years ago, you'd have said the same thing about the governments' recording your private communications without reasonable suspicion of a crime.
Robin Koerner: On the Killing of an American and America Robin Koerner 2011
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About a third of it is immediately tossed out, including self-written exposés, pranks and forgeries.
WikiLeaks works to expose government secrets, but Web site's sources are a mystery 2010
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Multi-platinum artist Lady Gaga continued her onslaught against the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy Monday, with a self-written political speech delivered in Maine on the eve of a Senate vote to overturn the anti-gay policy.
Lady Gaga Maine Speech: Pop Star Suggests Homophobic Soldiers Should Be Discharged (VIDEO) 2010
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Multi-platinum artist Lady Gaga continued her onslaught against the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy Monday, with a self-written political speech delivered in Maine on the eve of a Senate vote to overturn the anti-gay policy.
Lady Gaga Maine Speech: Pop Star Suggests Homophobic Soldiers Should Be Discharged (VIDEO) 2010
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About a third of it is immediately tossed out, including self-written exposés, pranks and forgeries.
WikiLeaks works to expose government secrets, but Web site's sources are a mystery 2010
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But their self-written pieces are even more impressive.
Megson: The Longshot 2010
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