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The article Politicking With Words , with its references to rival definitions of Whig and Tory , put me in mind of a cartoon that appeared in Punch in 1896 (since republished in a collection--I don't go back quite that far).
Not only is every wizard presumably a graduate--unless we learn about a rival academy in a later volume--but a surprising number of the best pupils seem to return as teachers.)
The core issue is the network's practice of demanding music companies give its MTV, M2, and VH1 channels exclusive air rights to music videos when they are released, making it nearly impossible for rival music networks to enter the market.
Unimpressed with her upstate forays, Rudolph Giuliani, her likely Senate rival, boasts: "Every time I have gone up there, I have gotten the sense that they like me.
Its centerpiece, currently under construction, will be an enormous statue of Vishnu the Protector that will rival New York’s Statue of Liberty in size.