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But get past the filler and there's the gentle, rapped-sung, should-be hit "Breaking Point" and a sad, sweet redo of Katy Perry's "Ur So Gay" that converts Perry's indictment of a metrosexual beau into a paean to domesticity.
Album review: RA the MC, "Victory Lap" Allison Stewart 2011
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The wash: The one in the second quarter, that let Salas break 29 yards past a hair-raising number of should-be tacklers and ended with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Coe.
The Eagles Won't Be as Forgiving Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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To be sure, there was a large march on November 22 of last year where tens of thousands of people - led by should-be president Fabio Gadea - marched in rejection of the fraud.
Joel D. Hirst: Daniel Ortega to Host Ahmadinejad Joel D. Hirst 2012
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But get past the filler and there's the gentle, rapped-sung, should-be hit "Breaking Point" and a sad, sweet redo of Katy Perry's "Ur So Gay" that converts Perry's indictment of a metrosexual beau into a paean to domesticity.
RA the MC's 'Victory Lap': There's filler but also sweet beats on latest Post 2011
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All in all, the should-be 2 hour journey took us about 8 hours and included 2 taxis, 1 truck bed, 1 10km section on the back of motorcycles, 1 river forded, and one 500m long recently fallen mudslide with knee-deep quicksand-like mud crossed while mud and rocks continued to fall from above.
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Every political wannabe and should-be comes here, and the students are all political junkies.
Where Students Enroll in Election 101 Jennifer Levitz 2012
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While manuevering themselves and their allies into key roles relevant to achieving their agenda, the leaders also locked up should-be public information in their own network -- these tactics are both key flex net features.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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Even though no less than the Florida Attorney General's office has admitted there is no evidence that interior design licensing has benefited the public in any way, the designers' cartel has hired a high-powered lobbyist to wage an aggressive PR campaign to remove interior design from the should-be deregulated industries.
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While manuevering themselves and their allies into key roles relevant to achieving their agenda, the leaders also locked up should-be public information in their own network -- these tactics are both key flex net features.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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As we've progressed through the process of sifting through nominees and launching Consumerist's Worst Ad In America Awards, we at the site have come to a bittersweet realization: While we are shining a spotlight on advertisers and advertising methods that engender consumer responses ranging from mocking to murderous, we're simultaneously aware that these same advertisers are rationalizing this should-be negative news into "there's no such thing as bad publicity."
Chris Morran: The Worst Ad in America Chris Morran 2010
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