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Will's latest Newsweek entry into the red-herring sweepstakes arrived on September 12th in the column entitled "The Earth Doesn't Care."
Bill Chameides: Red Herring Alert: Planet Earth Does Not Need a Care Package Bill Chameides 2010
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Will's latest Newsweek entry into the red-herring sweepstakes arrived on September 12th in the column entitled "The Earth Doesn't Care."
Bill Chameides: Red Herring Alert: Planet Earth Does Not Need a Care Package Bill Chameides 2010
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And tomorrow [Tuesday] is the date for us to file the RHP [red-herring prospectus], said a company executive, who asked not to be named.
ONGC Share Sale Likely Delayed Bijou George 2011
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But objections to the ethnicity-based nature of its society have always seemed to me to be something of a red-herring.
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Pure red-herring, and it shows that Ari was cornered.
Wonk Room » Fleischer: Saddam Might Have Struck Again After 9/11 2009
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I think the Captain Marvel angle is a red-herring.
Bet You Didn’t See THIS Coming | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The auto insurance red-herring was tossed out early in the discussion.
Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Objections to Health Reform 2010
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Here's the answer, so you need not to look away staring at any and all the many many stalking-horse red-herring wild goose-chase straw-man distraction 'alternate theories' being dragged out to dazzle, amaze, and befuddle you.
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The auto insurance red-herring was tossed out early in the discussion.
Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Objections to Health Reform 2010
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But objections to the ethnicity-based nature of its society have always seemed to me to be something of a red-herring.
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