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frigle (ad)
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easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
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outmaneuvered (v)
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to outwit, defeat, or frustrate by maneuvering.
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the sentance is "DeGette, D-Colo., vowed to send a letter to House Speaker Nancey Pelosi this week with at least 40 signatures of lawmakers promising to vote against the bill-- enough to kill the bill onve it emerges from conference--if the language restricting ederally subsidized..."
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emphasized (ad)
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to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara
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administration (n)
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the management of any office, business, or organization; direction
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brigade (n)
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a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
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contrary (ad)
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opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
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pagan (n)
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one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
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colliding (v)
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to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
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ackluster
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the is sentance"Faced with the threat of an independent political machine opposing him and the prospect of ackluster funding/raising
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