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  • "In the meantime, it is advisable to allow the process to run without unnecessar speculation, and to give the investigating team space to complete its work," the DSO said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • He looked to the starry blackness; he said, unnecessar - ily, "She'll arrive momentarily."

    An East Wind Coming Cover, Arthur Byron 1979

  • The Republican ­s are holding the country's credit hostage unnecessar DocJoseph: Obama increased spending?

    Forbes.com: News Victoria Pynchon 2011

  • Finally, it would also allow health care decisions to be returned to doctors without unnecessar ­y and inefficien­t interferen­ce from health insurance executives and managers.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David M. Walker 2012

  • Painful, ugly, unnecessar ­y misery and suffering - for what?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • The puny provisions in this bill easily circumvent ­ed by any highschool kid who knows what an IP address is are totally unnecessar ­y for the government to censor the internet.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Timothy Stenovec 2012

  • These special interests, the most powerful in the world, are milking our unnecessar ­y wars like money cows and have no intention of allowing those wars to end any time soon.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rep. Mike Honda 2011

  • No matter how you parse this, a shot to the head was unnecessar Jimmy_MO: "I don't know what they expect officers to do," he Lorelei Shark 17 minutes ago 11:41 AM I presume policeman get target practice?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • There will be no defaults. the government continues to collect taxes revenue. it will just have to cut unnecessar ­y expdendiut­es and live within its means, while a proper budget and borrowing cap are negotiated Conscientious_Objector_2: just more administration scare tactics. the only thing that will You haven't got a clue how this works, do you. gayxrayer 17 minutes ago 12:47 PM Amazing that so many will support the GOP in this action.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Finally get out of all unnecessar ­y foreign wars.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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