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Several influential Republican figures plan to contact one of Mr. Gingrich's biggest campaign backers, Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, to ask him to stop donating to a pro-Gingrich independent group that has almost single-handedly financed the former House speaker's campaign.

Romney Rides Big Wave of Fund Raising Over Rivals Brody Mullins 2012

The vast majority of the public discourse around education reform ends with name-calling and finger pointing -- depending on which ideological extreme has the microphone, either charter schools or teachers unions are single-handedly dismantling American public education.

Ben Austin: When Adults Need to Act Like Grown Ups Ben Austin 2011

Can you run a huge international media company almost single-handedly down a phone line by personal fiat?

News of the World scandal: God's newspaper executive less than visionary 2011

In July 1881, just four months after his inauguration, Garfield was entering a Washington train station when out of the crowd stepped Guiteau, a delusional ex-evangelist who believed that he had single-handedly brought about Garfield's election.

Presidential Malpractice Fergus M. Bordewich 2011

Meanwhile, Mr. Christie is taking the same tact in what he described as a "passionate" relationship with Mr. Sweeney, who has the power to single-handedly block bills.

Christie, Sweeney in Standoff Over Funds Lisa Fleisher 2011

Vice President Joe Biden has bought himself a controversy boomlet after briefly commenting on China's draconian one-child-per-family policy without strenuously condemning it, or single-handedly putting an end to it, or something.

Biden In Trouble For Not Condemning China's 'One-Child-Per-Family' Policy The Huffington Post News Team 2011

An alternative view is that Ronaldo demonstrated some of his more self-absorbed traits in Rome, shooting from the kind of distances and angles to concoct the sense among many observers he single-handedly wanted to turn Europe's premier club game into a one-man event.

Alex Ferguson says Manchester United will be well primed for Barcelona 2011

"Emma is an inspirational girl who has single-handedly transformed the tabletop industry in Great Britain," said Adam Sinclair, managing director of Mulberry Hall, a large vendor of china, crystal and cookware in York, England.

The Queen of Mugs and Saucers Cecilie Rohwedder 2011

Ten is the maximum of any color—unless, of course, you are Elizabeth Hurley, who single-handedly created an emerging market in tight, white denim, or a man in cricket whites but that's another story.

Creating Your Own Clearance Rack Tina Gaudoin 2011

Strassel: This is a miss to RIM, the maker of BlackBerry, which managed to single-handedly paralyze the entire globe this week when a glitch in its system caused users to not get emails for hours, even days, at a time, and this brought entire workplaces to a halt.

The Inevitable Mr. Romney 2011