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He's probably still upset that Paterson shot-down Caroline Kennedy's move for Hillary's senate seat. lf

Gibbs: Paterson re-election 'decision that he's going to make' 2009

Even worse, the shot-down bill had transformed into a gleaming marvel of consumer protection.

Republicans Have Killed The Passenger's Bill Of Rights. Long Live The Passenger's Bill Of Rights! - The Consumerist 2008

I don't begrudge McCain getting disability for his wounds in being shot-down and then tortured by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.

Obama Hits McCain For Failing To Support Webb's GI Bill 2009

"Hold Love Strong" by Matthew Aaron Goodman tells the story of Abraham Singleton, born of a thirteen-year old girl and a long-gone father and raised in a Queens 'project in an extended family of single mothers, struggling men and boys, and insidious hopelessness: "What chance do I have?" he asks, witness to yet another bout of violence, arrests, and shot-down dreams.

Nina Sankovitch: Why Precious Matters: Fiction as Witness 2009

It also means maintaining a healthy respect for one's enemy, as shown in the extraordinary scene — virtually unimaginable in later, more propagandistic war films — in which the fliers capture a shot-down German pilot and wind up grudgingly inviting him to drink and sing with them.

The Dawn Patrol (1930) Ed Howard 2009

That letter also got 'shot-down' and again there was no comment from the White House.

"Barack Obama extended the olive branch to Iran's leaders last Friday in a videotaped message praising a 'great civilization'..." Ann Althouse 2009

The first time he saw the faces of his victims was when a couple of them swam down to extricate him from the wreckage of his shot-down A-4.

Obama Campaign Condemns Wes Clark's Comments About McCain 2009

But a list of shot-down aircraft that includes single-props and helos (or military transports) is irrelevant to the debate at hand, which centers on protecting commercial air.

Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania 2007

I have been enjoying the series and look forward to getting a shot at (or shot-down?).

Drive-By-Shooting Sunday: From the Living Room 2008

(To see photos of a countryside oasis in Ambar province, one of many shot-down old airplanes out in the desert, me, some children and an MRAP, go to my blog)

The most frequently asked question in Iraq: "What the freak is going on over here?" 2008