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Over the past 5 decades they have shown plenty of it directed at breaking-up unions, which their wealthy, behind the scenes supporters have urged them to do.
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In the actual breaking-up moment, the dissolving of what could have been a perfect partnership in fantasyland does hurt.
The Lo-Down Lo Bosworth 2011
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Conservatives, however, misdiagnose the cause of rising health care costs and typically propose breaking-up large purchasing pools and pushing individuals into bare bone policies on the individual market.
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From political sensitivities to ethnic discrimination, conflict, migration and breaking-up of states, there are numerous reasons why millions have been rendered without a state, forced to live in a legal limbo.
Davinder Kumar: No Country for Stateless People Davinder Kumar 2011
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Conservatives, however, misdiagnose the cause of rising health care costs and typically propose breaking-up large purchasing pools and pushing individuals into bare bone policies on the individual market.
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Best09: Forget breaking-up … growing up is hard to do!
Best09: Forget breaking-up… growing up is hard to do! « Northern Belle 2009
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If this second book works out, I'd like to conclude with a third, taking the story up to the early years of the twentieth century and the final demise of the Duport dynasty and the breaking-up of its physical symbol Evenwood.
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With full stomachs, bickering and quarrelling began among the younger males, and this continued through the few days that followed before the breaking-up of the pack.
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Best09: Forget breaking-up … growing up is hard to do!
Best09: Forget breaking-up… growing up is hard to do! « Northern Belle 2009
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In the actual breaking-up moment, the dissolving of what could have been a perfect partnership in fantasyland does hurt.
The Lo-Down Lo Bosworth 2011
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