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Since then, she has been elected as an MP 10 times, losing only once, and built a reputation as one of the party's most outspoken conservative voices.

From BBC

On the day that Michele Mulroney was elected president of the Writers Guild of America West, writers won a significant victory.

The bill being vague and founded on the “made-up criteria” of the senators who authored it threatens the health and lives of far more people than those who elect to terminate their pregnancies, she said.

From Salon

"That means asking questions of elected council officials, having access to publicly-funded information and events and holding them to account on behalf of our communities in Nottinghamshire."

From BBC

“Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below,” the compact said, “if the institution elects to forego federal benefits.”

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