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But it is the end of the kind of education that seeks to bend the arc toward justice and equity.

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But since a legal immigrant once saw a doctor, the press is expected to bend over backwards to adjudicate whether one is a liar just because one is lying about 99% of the story.

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NBCUniversal was not willing to bend on that point, according to two people close to the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly.

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“I have been disappointed, deeply deeply disappointed by people who are powerful who are bending the knee at the foot of this tyrant,” Harris said.

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I’m cautious, too, about trusting the rule of law when, despite many favorable lower court rulings, the arc of the Supreme Court seems to bend ever more Trumpward.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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