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  • verb Present participle of reinstate.

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  • Rep. Sharon Santos was a major player in reinstating the $20m janitorial services tax exemption and Rep. Eric Pettigrew has worked tirelessly to try to save GAU because it impacts the 37th District disproportionately. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds

    Federal Money Bolsters State Budget, but House Still $70 Million Shy « PubliCola 2010

  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the idea of reinstating the controversial Reliable Replacement Warhead effort during a secret "Principals 'Committee" meeting convened by the National Security Council.

    Russ Wellen: Biden Locks Horns With Gates and Clinton Over the Monster That Won't Die 2009

  • McCain even asks his supporters if they supported the idea of reinstating the draft.

    Matt Browner Hamlin: McCain Asks His Supporters To Set His Agenda 2008

  • For a while, I kind of liked the idea of reinstating the draft.

    Why I Oppose the Draft 2007

  • As you mentioned, the White House says the president has long opposed the idea of reinstating the draft.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2007 2007

  • "To my knowledge, in the time I have served as secretary of defense, the idea of reinstating the draft has never been debated, endorsed, discussed, theorized, pondered or even whispered by anyone in the Bush administration."

    Archive 2004-10-01 2004

  • Les Brown wrote in the New York Times about the division in CBS over the idea of reinstating me in view of “the drift of public opinion on Mr. Schorr.”

    Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

  • Les Brown wrote in the New York Times about the division in CBS over the idea of reinstating me in view of “the drift of public opinion on Mr. Schorr.”

    Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

  • I'm kind of becoming tired of having to come to this lab to use the net, but I'm not quite yet sold on the idea of reinstating my DSL -- I want to spend my loan money wisely and pay back what I don't need ahead of time.

    kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2001

  • Les Brown wrote in the New York Times about the division in CBS over the idea of reinstating me in view of “the drift of public opinion on Mr. Schorr.”

    Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

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