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Greenbaum in his Grammar , with its democratic, what's said, corpus-based approach to language, unwittingly, I am quite sure, keeps the really proper use of English in the hands of those who are to the manner born, while allowing the media moguls to interpret or misinterpret the topics of public concern as they will and at the same time disallowing the vulgar from gaining a firm grasp on the means by which they might enter the debate.
Secretary Rumsfeld told us he was just gaining situational awareness when he spoke with the Vice President at 10:39.
If you are dead set against anyone gaining access in your absence, you might ask someone if he or she would be willing to let you move your plants to their apartment for the three weeks.
Roberts sees it as proof that the "purist wing" of the GOP is gaining strength, but Stephanopoulos points out that, at the straw poll, none of the candidates would go near the topic (save Alan Keyes).
Such a study, if it actually existed, yields significant insight into the thinking of al Qaeda's leaders: (1) they rejected hijackings aimed at gaining the release of imprisoned comrades as too complex, because al Qaeda had no friendly countries in which to land a plane and then negotiate; (2) they considered the bombing of commercial flights in midair-as carried out against Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland- a promising means to inflict massive casualties; and (3) they did not yet consider using hijacked aircraft as weapons against other targets.
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