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THE REJECTIONIST WAS TOTALLY THWARTED BY THIS IMPASSE, and after some deliberation, wrote a polite note explaining that C&P was in fact the responsibility of poor old Fyodor, who was unfortunately not included on the list of authors.
Archive 2010-05-01 2010
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REPORT: GEITHNER PLANNING TO LEAVE AFTER DEBT CEILING IMPASSE RESOLVED - Hans Nichols: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he's considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress to raise the national debt limit, according to three people familiar with the matter.
HUFFPOST HILL - Geithner Reportedly Ready To Drop The Mic Eliot Nelson 2011
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THE REJECTIONIST WAS TOTALLY THWARTED BY THIS IMPASSE, and after some deliberation, wrote a polite note explaining that C&P was in fact the responsibility of poor old Fyodor, who was unfortunately not included on the list of authors.
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Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters AT AN IMPASSE: A rainbow colored the sky over truck drivers blocked by farmers near the Promachonas border crossing to Bulgaria in northern Greece Wednesday.
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Kissinger says the IMPASSE “must not be repeated in Iraq.”
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In Florida, the entrance to the Everglades National Park was blocked by barricades and emblazoned with a sign that said CLOSED DUE TO BUDGET IMPASSE.
THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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IMPASSE in which her own rash act had plunged them all.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906
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All along he had felt the terrible IMPASSE in which her own rash act had plunged them all.
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THE IMPASSE: The stalemate over raising the country's borrowing limit has rattled investors.
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INTEREST IMPASSE: Interest rates appear to be stabilizing and the rate gap between short-term and long-term bonds, known as the yield curve, has improved.
Summary Box: TD Ameritrade 1Q profit up 6 percent - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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