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This all could be a quaint ideological tug-o-war between Left and Right: Left wants to spend and tax.
Tina Dupuy: Defense Secretary Wants Defense Spending Cuts...Really 2010
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Brent Barnes played tug-o-war with this massive sturgeon for over an hour before subduing it on his kayak.
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If you stop to think about this simple economics of technology, you will be at a distinct advantage in the constant tug-o-war between manufacturers and your wallet.
You’re Not Buying Gadgets, You Are Subscribing to Them - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A few campers have earned 110's or even 115's, but more important are the dips: some 90's — those who lost the tug-o-war, some 80's — the Cabin 2 girls who've been whoring their lips out to lonely tots for Canteen Bucks, and even a few 75's — the boring, the homesick.
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May 24, 2010 at 6:05 am wun, tew, free, fower ai deklare a tug-o-war!
How badly do you want - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Camden Green Fair & Bikefest, LondonThis huge volunteer-run eco event reaches its 18th birthday, and a new Village Fete offering wellie-wanging, tug-o-war and "free-range organic egg-and-spoon races" means there's still scope for wacky fun despite its serious, adult message − that green living is for life.
This week's new events Colette Bernhardt 2010
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When Mak who has been in a coma since the film's halfway point and whose soul becomes the prize of a spiritual tug-o-war between Nak and her ancient namesake awakens in the film's closing shots to find the Ghost of Mae Nak has replaced his new bride in their connubial bed, exhaustion takes the place of exhilaration.
Who's that Naking? Arbogast 2009
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Our household is not the only one that goes through this little housework tug-o-war though.
Archive 2007-08-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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Our household is not the only one that goes through this little housework tug-o-war though.
So, who does the housework in your home? Anne-Marie 2007
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A nation that is stuck in a perpetual tug-o-war where no side can ever really win, and nothing ever really gets accomplished, as we become more and more polarized by our politics.
Hillary Adviser Wolfson: Obama's Claim That Bill Is Fibbing Is A "Right Wing Talking Point" 2009
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