Tom Allen
Tom Allen
Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allenis a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 April 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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We felt like we needed to get on them fast, ... Letting (Penn) play from behind was our goal.
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He's just a tough kid, who is very football-smart. He's not the biggest, not the strongest and not the fastest. He reads the blocks well and just makes plays.
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I also plan to introduce legislation that will develop a system to measure and document changes resulting from reductions in mercury emissions.
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You've got to go through fire to learn how to handle the heat. We didn't handle the heat (Friday), but it's OK because it's a process. I'm not going to get discouraged because we had a setback. We did some good things, and I'm still excited to see what we can be.
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But David is the starter for sure. He's done a great job to put himself in position to physically be able to play the position. So we know he can get the job done.
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You really have to go through the fire before you learn handle the heat,
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There is no more immoral set of priorities.
learn playing speed
(Tonight) showed our inexperience on defense. You can't simulate this kind of speed in practice, but, you can learn and get better playing the very best.
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We got a lot of guys in the mix at defensive tackle right now so we're not even 100 percent sure who the starters are going to be.
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I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.
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The Sudanese have delighted me, not only in their generosity and simplicity, but also in their tendency to take tea with milk and not to hesitate to dunk biscuits in it. As an Englishman, you can imagine the feeling of fraternal closeness that this activity has generated.
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Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response
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They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.
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We're a company in transition with new employees.