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The goal is that people will leave with a whole series of concrete actions they can take.
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The goals of the No Child Left Behind Act are laudable. Indeed, Connecticut has pursued these goals for decades, but the federal government has failed in implementing them. Richard Blumenthal
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The good and the bad about my body is that when something happens, it acts adversely, ... But then I can get well real quick. ... I'm still pretty confident I have enough time to do that. John Smoltz
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The Getty was not acting alone in this way. Many museums were doing this.
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The downward trend in deficit reduction must be continued to warrant an upgrade. Something must be done to increase revenues and not in decreasing expenditures. Its underlying trends and processes that really drive our view on credit ratings versus the actual numbers per se.
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The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on. Joe Biden
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The effectiveness of that is in question. You need to reconnect the training to actual Pennsylvanians in actual jobs. There is a more pressing need to upgrade the training of the existing workforce so that they have the cutting-edge skills and are keeping up with the technology. David Taylor
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The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population. Jan C. Ting
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The DREAM Act, fundamentally, is not even about immigration policy, it's about how we treat young people who grow up here. We want the DREAM Act to pass, but we don't want it to be used as a bargaining chip. Josh Bernstein
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The dramatic progress the nation has made in reducing rates of teen pregnancy is justifiably noted and celebrated. Even so, the proportion of sexually experienced teens who get pregnant or cause a pregnancy remains alarmingly high. Much still needs to be done to convince young people of the value of delaying sexual activity and to convince those who are sexually active to use contraception consistently and carefully. Sarah Brown
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The dude called in and said that Marvin has brought a lot of class to the Bengals so why don't you be a class act and do a celebration like Isaac Curtis.
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The Drug Utilization Review (DUR) includes a notes field intended for the pharmacist to use to enter reminders and patient requests. We want to ensure that our pharmacy employees are acting in a proper and professional manner so we are looking into this matter.
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The DHS programs supporting these teams already possess their own communications and aerial surveillance capabilities, such as helicopters and P-3 aircraft, ... Once in position, the teams will be able to relay up-to-the-minute, dependable information on which authorities could act confidently. Michael Chertoff
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The DHS Financial Accountability Act imposes profound challenges to us -- DHS is the first Cabinet department required to have an audit of its internal controls over financial reporting.
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The former head coach's purpose in providing these inducements and benefits was to gain an unfair competitive advantage. These impermissible activities were used to recruit, retain and ensure the eligibility of a significant number of world-class student-athletes.
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The format was not that critical, because we realize the freeholders were not bound by mandate to act on a petition of this nature anyway. We simply wanted to drive home the idea that the voting taxpayers of Middlesex County want a choice of how their money is spent when it comes to an extravagance like a baseball stadium.
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The Forest Service has had an active land acquisition program for the last 50 years at the end of the day, the size of Forest Service holdings will continue to grow.
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The foreigners are coming back to the market. A low real currency rate against the dollar is also favorable for them. From that point of view, the market was very active today.
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The football team feels just like you do, just like we all do. They want to help. And hopefully, against Arizona State (on Sept. 10), that will be a time - after some recovery and some mourning - when the athletics can once again act as a bonding agent to get everybody back together on a positive note. Skip Bertman
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The Friends need to get their act together and raise some money and the Chamber needs to do more than just give lip service, ... The dollars and cents of the facility is a monkey on the schools' back. Anne Sullivan
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The Fugitive Slave Act was a flagrant example of Northern and federal collaboration with slaveholders, a lightning rod that led to the growth of the anti-slavery movement. Howard Zinn
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The FSB has reliable documented evidence of active attempts by British intelligence to learn Russian military secrets.
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The French government will not face a Tony Blair moment because the police have enjoyed steadily increasing powers in France for the last few decades. What Blair tried in Britain or Bush did in the U.S. with the Patriot Act were major shifts in the legal landscape.
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The funds were donated in full compliance with federal law and disclosed properly and publicly, but yesterday's admission of guilt and improper actions warranted our action to make something positive come of all this by donating the money to local charities rather than retaining it.
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The court acted like a legislature when it attempted to rewrite the statute. Mathew Staver
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The Custom Memory provides optimal comfort in low-impact activities and is perfect for casual and dress shoes. We felt like the WSA was the perfect place to unveil this new technology.
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The current pace of home sales activity remains historically strong only eight months have had a higher sales pace. David Lereah
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The close-season transfer activity resulted in a substantial reduction in football wage costs and this, together with a planned reduction in amortisation costs will result in a reduced cost base and a sustainable financial position.
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The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged; and the last remains of a military spirit were buried in the cloister: a large portion of public and private wealth was con Edward Gibbon
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The current Bush administration was trying to circumvent the Clean Water Act by having the Army Corp of Engineers change the definition of valley fill. Kevin Richardson
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The CUD (Coalition for Unity and Democracy) leaders are engaged in insurrection -- that is an act of treason under Ethiopian law. They will be charged and they will appear in court, Meles Zenawi
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The Comfort Zone is like an addictive drug. The pain of addiction will paralyse you within its boundaries.
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The combination of many of the world's most sophisticated financial powerhouses to operate jointly hedge-fund activities may add up to more sway over relative currency values than any central bank or finance ministry in the world can match,