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"Cuomo's Tight Rein Chafed Office's Lawyers" -- headline The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 18 "Barnes Shifts Attack to Woo Women" -- headline, Associated Press, Oct. 18 Someone Set Up Us the Bomb
The Last War James Taranto 2010
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's Tight Rein Chafed Office' s Lawyers As Andrew Cuomo seeks to take the reins of a sprawling state government wracked by fiscal disorder, former lawyers who worked for him at the attorney general 's office say he was a micromanager who concentrated even the most routine decisions in a tight circle of advisers.
Cuomo Jacob Gershman 2010
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Chafed her hands in nervous anticipation before taking a deep, fortifying breath.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Chafed her hands in nervous anticipation before taking a deep, fortifying breath.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Chafed her hands in nervous anticipation before taking a deep, fortifying breath.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Chafed by its many disadvantages but wanting to keep a civil code, Louisianans looked around for something more up-to-date.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Cornyn’s “Daily Question” for Judge Sotomayor: 2009
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KARR: Lampert says Martin Scorsese's film foundation jumped at the chance to fund Anthology's restoration of "No More Excuses," "Chafed Elbows" and another lost Downey film, "Babo 73," which centers on a future, doltish president of the U.S.
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Take Downey's biggest early underground hit, for example, an absurd comedy from 1966 called "Chafed Elbows."
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Chafed by chains and the movement of the decks beneath them, their rag-draped hides showed scabby and pale.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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Chafed at having been described as woebegone, Diana lifted her chin.
A GIFT OF LOVE Judith McNaught 1995
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