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  • I do believe that using sufficient force to stop an unjustified attack by a person against my dogs is areasonable response if asking them to please stop dosen't work -- but what would you do if your dog had attacted the person first or if they had a fear they were about to be bitten?

    How Far Would You Go To Defend Your Dog? 2009

  • I do believe that using sufficient force to stop an unjustified attack by a person against my dogs is areasonable response if asking them to please stop dosen't work -- but what would you do if your dog had attacted the person first or if they had a fear they were about to be bitten?

    How Far Would You Go To Defend Your Dog? 2009

  • The fleet crawls on, searching for areasonable rockand some toothpaste, unlikely to find either.

    BATTLESTAR GALACTICA “Someone to Watch Over Me”: Live at the Helice Opera House « TV BACON 2009

  • The guy iis smart enough & talented enough to take care of it with areasonable budget. (maybe we can reform Public Works while we're at it, too, and get someone who actually talks to citizens to run it)

    New Haven Independent 2009

  • Is this areasonable price to pay so men can have sex whenever and however they wish?

    The Daily Record - Home 2009

  • Because there isn't a team in baseball that wouldn't sign a guy who has areasonable chance of being a league average pitcher to a MLB contract.

    Royals Review 2009

  • "I believe that temporarily sealing this waterway as we analyze the situation at hand and decide on a long-term management strategy is areasonable course of action," Gillibrand said in a letter to federal agencies working to limit the carp's migration.

    WBAY Action 2 News 2009

  • CU policy analyst Joel Kelsey said the FCC has opted for areasonable, common-sense way” to “preserve the ability of consumers to make their own choices over which websites to visit, which software to download and which online services to use.”

    FCC to seek regulation of broadband—carefully 2010

  • Let's look at another of your own golden nuggets of wisdom that again disproves your point that hope is areasonable expectation: "Nonetheless, I don't recall providing a standard definition, just ones that have currency, i.e., it has acceptance beyond my little mind.

    Obama Pokes Fun At Hillary's Shot-And-A-Beer 2009

  • Verhoeven, never a subtle filmmaker, takes to his themes — theunstoppable cross-pollination of violence, the post-ideologicalpolitics of hunger, want, and survival — with a knife and fork, andthe results are one or two betrayals and about half an hour past areasonable audience’s attention span or interest level.

    On the Scene at Toronto: Anthony Minghella, Todd Field, and more | EW.com 2006

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