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Examples
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Sounds to me like he is trying to save-face in the annals of political history for being part of a failed administration.
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As a result, the clamoring to save-face have pushed Bush sycophants to unprecedented levels of absurdity. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Fred Barnes and the Legacy of Bush 2009
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As a result, the clamoring to save-face have pushed Bush sycophants to unprecedented levels of absurdity.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Fred Barnes and the Legacy of Bush 2009
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The author recently had an experience with a Mexican worker which demonstrated quite clearly the Mexican's need to save-face.
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The author recently had an experience with a Mexican worker which demonstrated quite clearly the Mexican's need to save-face.
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How much of a save-face kind of move was this for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to avoid the embarrassing testimonies of whether it be the cardinal or anybody else involved in the Church?
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If so, this is not much a “crack”, as it is a save-face move by the Bush administration who are looking for ways to extricate themselves from the mess they have created in the Middle East, or at least create an impression of success -2008 is not far away.
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They may deploy CT national guardsmen to the Mexican border for Bush’s save-face charade.
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Bush, in all his arrogance, is now ignoring the 2006 election anti-war mandate and plans to save-face and further beat the dead horse of his Iraq War by futilely sacrificing more troops.
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A save-gas, save-face plan for NTPC Ltd www. livemint.com Redistribution of prior allocation that will ensure cheap gas for Kawas,
WN.com - Articles related to Reliance Industries to push into power and telecom 2010
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