Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He has many connections and lots of wisdom.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
STEPHANOPOULOS: His connections, right.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He has some connections with the blokes running International Portkeys.”
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(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In my complaint I have provided an overview of the evidence indicating? that there is substantial evidence proving Michael Aquino had the motive, based on the information I was publicizing about the Presidio Army Base, and elsewhere; Aquino had the means, based on his wealth; and the opportunity, based on his military connections to access this technology, and Aquino has publicly written about this technology’s existence in his military paper,?
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(: ;)
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(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Sam intends to get his medical licence back, and perhaps start a practice, but as events evolve, he decides to use his connections and his skills to help Michael..
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(. .)) (. .)))
In Wikipedia:
There’s something very mysterious about him that the crew doesn’t quite understand, but it seems he has some major connections with Nergal Heavy Industries, who built the Nadesico.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
ANY waiting? only show that Jim must have some powerful connections.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I said that jokingly because he had some Chelsea connections.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Iron Age Warrior with Roman Links Found in U. K.: “The grave of an ancient British warrior with tantalizing Roman connections has been unearthed in southern England, archaeologists say.
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(. .)
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In Wikipedia:
In 1864, he was exiled to his native village and then Irkutsk on suspicion of his connections with Alexander Hertzen and Nikolai Ogaryov.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
He also has many connections with celebrity figures such as Charles Kennedy and Terry Wogan.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The commission of 70 lakhs of rupees made by Andaleeb Sehgal certainly involved Natwar Singh who could be accused of using his political connections to favour his son and his crony Andy by providing letters of introduction to the Iraqi authorities.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Pierre is so full of love and truly has an amazing understanding of his connections with people.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Cao Guojiu’s younger brother Cao Jingzhi (co jng zh) was a bully, but no one dared to prosecute him because of his powerful connections, not even after he killed a person.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Although he controls none of the factions and is distrusted by his coalition partners, his longstanding connections to the military and the palace make Samak a valuable partner in any coalition.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But since he’s engaging in revisionist self-history and trying to pretend that’s not true, someone ought to ask him whether he endorses the views of Rashid Khalidi, with whom he’s had many connections and associations that have already been reported.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Suffice it to say that he has had some connections that raise red flags to me.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
During the Napoleonic Wars, his connections with Sweden increased, and when the appointed and adopted Swedish crown prince, Carl August died in 1810, his name was mentioned as a possible substitute in a desperate situation.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
With regards to Jonathan’s post mentioning William Ayers of the Weather Underground and his connections to Barack Obama, the following anonymous comment caught my eye :
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(: :)))
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