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He'd be one of five people named “Kevin” in the race, though a state law passed after 2003 requires recall candidates to post their five most recent years of tax records, which could convince some gadfly candidates not to run.
THE TRAILER: BASED OR CRINGE? A NEW WAY OF EXPLAINING THE SAME OLD POLITICAL BRAWLSDAVID WEIGELJULY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn 2008, and during his gadfly campaign in 2019, Gravel got the most attention as an old man who would say what plenty of people were thinking.
THE TRAILER: REFORMERS HAD HIGH HOPES FOR NEW YORK'S ELECTION. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS DIDN'T HELP.DAVID WEIGELJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe gadfly does not immediately sting you; it begins by buzzing in your ears, and you do not at first know what it is.
THE PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE, COMPLETEHONORE DE BALZACAs I shouldered my load their murmuring voices full of amorous desire stung me like a gadfly.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMPThen she carried out her revenge by sending an enormous gadfly to torment poor Io, who was still in the form of a heifer.
STORIES OF OLD GREECE AND ROMEEMILIE KIP BAKERThe trumpeter Gadfly and a number of his relations, besides several Grasshoppers and Bees, were the chief musicians.
THE BUTTERFLY'S BALLR.M. BALLANTYNEShe was nagged incessantly by a gadfly of conscience that buzzed in her ears the counsel to tell the police.
THE CUP OF FURYRUPERT HUGHESWhen a gadfly succeeds in attaining its aim, it rapidly deposits an egg or two in the nostril, and then leaves them.
BIBLE ANIMALS;J. G. WOODHence it came that common sense was driven wild by conscience, as forever happens with the few who keep that gadfly.
FRIDA, OR, THE LOVER'S LEAP, A LEGEND OF THE WEST COUNTRYR. D. BLACKMOREA gadfly on his neck brought a loaf, a gnat brought a cask, a butterfly a joint, and a sparrow brought grapes.
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