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Example sentences for: wants

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He's the perfect mascot for a have-it-both-ways hip/square disaster epic, which parodies The Right Stuff machismo and wants you to buy into it at the same time (which is true, come to think of it, of The Right Stuff itself).
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants to unite the country in condemnation of Clinton's behavior, thereby resolving the impeachment issue.
Nussle, by contrast, wants to punish deadbeat dads, but not abusive ones; he's a co-sponsor of the Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act, which says it's fine to smack the kids (the phrase used is "reasonable corporal discipline").
Our week of Christmas quizzing continues, and in the spirit of the holidays I'm giving the wrap-up to Tim Carvell, who might be able to exchange it for something he really wants, if he saves the receipt.
But who wants to be classy anymore?