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You would be much better to take your usual line that TNR is white-washing Israeli extremism, as is there wont, than accept the “no better than Haider and no worse” claim at face value.
Matthew Yglesias » Lieberman & Lieberman: Together at Last 2009
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At this point, my expectations of Hollywood are so low that white-washing a movie where the race of the characters is ambiguous is almost a given.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum 2009
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Or the white-washing of the life-action Avatar film in production (originally a great cartoon with four nations based on Asian cultures).
kateelliott: the Values of the Humanities, and SFF kateelliott 2009
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Like many others, it comes as no surprise to me at all that this white-washing sham continues with McNulty as it did with so many criminals masquerading as politicians.
McNulty Escapes With ‘A Talking To’ Shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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"We're against a white-washing of the atomic industry," Mr. Berlakovich said Thursday.
Berlin, Vienna Torpedo Nuclear Stress Tests Leos Rousek 2011
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“Possibly for commercial reasons, they are white-washing Dumas in order to blacken him further,” said the Council of Black Associations.
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Bloomsbury still insists on white-washing cover art.
Archive 2010-01-01 Neth 2010
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Bloomsbury still insists on white-washing cover art.
Snow Day Links Neth 2010
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When Obama does something particularly dumb, CNN gets busy white-washing it and making excuses, and then never mentions it again.
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How can we ever expect there to be peace in the Middle East if we tacitly approve of violations of international law and international human rights, if we look the other way, or if we close our eyes to the heartbreak of people on both sides by white-washing a legitimate investigation?
Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Standing Against the 'Wrong is Right' Goldstone Resolution 2009
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