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He ran for Congress from Massachusetts and, revitalized, served for 18 years--notably helping to overturn the shameful "gag rule" that forbade the reading of anti-slavery petitions on the floor of the House.
I am appealing to James at leisure to overturn the judgment of James in haste.
He rode to office by allying himself with a state term limit initiative that Foley filed suit to overturn.
Offered a clear choice of candidates and policies for the first time since the 1979 revolution, an overwhelming majority of Iranians voted to overturn the social and cultural restrictions that have become synonymous with the Islamic republic's revolutionary zeal.
Relajo can overturn values or what is assumed to be valued.