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"Of course you are, sir -- but Mubarak thought he was the-"
MP Nunan: Gaddafi's Loyal-ish Translator MP Nunan 2011
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We met a year later when I was a community columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader and had written an off- the- wall column about how my greatest ambition was to be on Comment on Kentucky.
Don McNay: Elvis and the definition of happiness Don McNay 2011
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Gigot: And he feels that Secretary of State Powell, who left after the first term--he feels that Secretary Powell and his deputy, Richard Armitage, undermined the administration in the first term by their criticism, sotto voce, in the media and internally about the war in Iraq and then afterwards the-
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"Of course you are, sir -- but Mubarak thought he was the-"
MP Nunan: Gaddafi's Loyal-ish Translator MP Nunan 2011
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We met a year later when I was a community columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader and had written an off- the- wall column about how my greatest ambition was to be on Comment on Kentucky.
Don McNay: Elvis and the definition of happiness Don McNay 2011
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Gigot: The conservative media likes him, or are you just talking about the-
The GOP Goes at It 2011
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Gigot: Yeah, he just didn't want to declare himself on it, even though his appointees are doing the-
Obama vs. the Jets 2011
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Gigot: Yeah, he just didn't want to declare himself on it, even though his appointees are doing the-
Obama vs. the Jets 2011
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Then there's a second group out there, which is the-
Bleak House 2011
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This importance of weak ties in conveying new information is why Granovetter 1973 called his theory “the-[informational]-strength-of-weak [network]-ties.”
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003
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