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In reaching out to me, the Mitt Romney people are by-passing the low-hanging fruit and going for that most difficult of swing voters, the kind that would cast a vote for a GOP candidate only in the desperate hope that anyone, party notwithstanding, might really be better than the status quo.
Tony Phillips: But Mitt, I Don't Own One of Those Do-Hickeys Tony Phillips 2011
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That is why I am glad there seems to be a move to focus NASA on Mars while by-passing the Moon.
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009
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He appears to be taking off a few days and largely by-passing New Hampshire to concentrate on South Carolna.
Mitt Romney endorsd by John McCain as race moves to New Hampshire 2012
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And yes, give them some kind of discount (you are afterall by-passing any intermediary so this is really to your advantage) and hope that you can make the site or tweets interesting enough that your followers and fans will respond with purchases.
Can social media save the day for wineries? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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There is a strong feeling that it is inappropriate to repeat the errors of the past decades of aid provision? by-passing Haiti's government.
Six months on, Haiti earthquake victims wait for billions in aid 2010
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Kevin - I'm apt to agree with you that Social is the proper realm of PR scientists, who for the 1st time, can carry-on dialogs directly with their consumer by-passing the editorial staff of a given media outlet.
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Conan O'Brien is returning to late night TV - on basic cable network TBS, by-passing all those pesky things like network-affiliated TV stations and show ownership that were making his negotiations with the Fox broadcast network a perfect hell.
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We travel far and wide in rental cars and tour buses to discover distant back roads, while by-passing back roads close to home.
Steve Poses: On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Clark Park 2010
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I strongly disagree with the argument that the Government was "foolish" to deal with Sinn Fein and the DUP, by-passing the more moderate unionists and nationalists.
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But beyond the pursuit of the insanity, had the banks also not delivered by facilitating the financing of many a project, from small ones like car loans to massive ones like the pipeline connecting Russia with the West by-passing central Europe?
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