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I had formerly been impressed by the argument that ousting Clinton would set a precedent for any party having a sufficient majority in Congress to get rid of any president, which would convert us into a parliamentary democracy.
Caniçal was once a famous whaling port, but since whaling was banned in these waters in 1981, all that remains of this formerly lucrative industry is a Museum of Whaling and a few scrimshaw and whalebone souvenirs in a hut by the beach (more of the same is on sale at the car park at the end of the road heading east).
Formerly waterspouts, these now stay dry.
Chatterbox replied that he could easily picture Mossberg (with whom Chatterbox formerly worked at the Journal 's Washington bureau) as a smart-alecky 9-year-old but that he doubted many other members of Mossberg's cohort were similarly precocious.
For all their populist posturing, both candidates are "third way" Democrats (formerly known as "neoliberals") who can be counted on to favor a non-doctrinaire, moderately liberal style of governing.