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Let me reiterate that such was not the truth, but that I generalized to make my point wide-sweeping ON THIS ONE ISSUE, not on every socio-political-economic issue there is.
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Let me reiterate that such was not the truth, but that I generalized to make my point wide-sweeping ON THIS ONE ISSUE, not on every socio-political-economic issue there is.
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Reidâs position is made more precarious by Joe Manchin, who today threw his support behind a wide-sweeping budget proposal.
HUFFPOST HILL - Romneybot Cannot Process Human War Eliot Nelson 2011
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The Small Business Jobs Act, with its '$12 billion in targeted temporary tax relief, will provide a wide-sweeping benefit to our nation's smallest businesses.
Kristie Arslan: Politics Trumps Progress: Main Street Likely to Be Left Out in the Cold Yet Again 2010
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Things weren't looking to good back in 2005 or even into 2006, but wide-sweeping policy changes instituted from the DoD and DoS on down to the military unit level has made the situation there improve dramatically.
Clinton: McCain's '2013' speech like 'Mission Accomplished' 2008
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Do we want this vote to be a proud achievement for our party, and for all of America, or do we want to be shamed later by voting against such wide-sweeping reform?
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On 2009
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Sort of a good point, but I will take issue with the wide-sweeping generalization above.
We get letters. CC 2009
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Wow, GB ... that's some kind of wide-sweeping generalization, followed up by some incredibly careful speculative qualification and specific theorizing.
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The talks we had, which were wide-sweeping, discussing our bilateral relationship and also our interests in East
Interview - BBC - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 2009
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It is wide-sweeping, and a lot more focused on localized efforts than this piece had predicted.
Paula Crossfield: G-8 Promises $20 Billion in Agricultural Aid: Real Change or Business as Usual? 2009
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