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"At a time when voters want fresh faces and new energy, she brings to the race a long record of standing-up for the entrenched interests in Washington."
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PWC is lucky to have someone like Stewart standing-up for commonsense.
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It can't only be the standing-up meetings and other anti-timewasting flourishes.
Newspaper's key to boosting circulation is planning to be better
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TIP: For a standing-up whole poached pear, just take a slice from its bottom to create a flat surface before poaching.
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She soon makes the treacherous journey across Mexico and into the United States, packed standing-up in a trailer for 26 hours to find her mother in Chicago.
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A "bad precedent" such as standing-up for what you believe in?
Reid Allowed Vote On Mukasey In Exchange For Military Funding Bill
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But the teachers standing-up for him felt goodjust as being acknowledged at home felt good.
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Or whatever it is that area is called on a standing-up cat.
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And more recently, Tiananmen Square, one man standing-up against a row of tanks; he didn't stop the army from crushing the demonstrators but he sent a message to the government and to the world.
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Especially if one considers that hating everything America does and stands for is now known as “standing-up” for America.
Think Progress » “Guantanamo ought to be closed immediately”
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