"I would love to see these same Democrats have the courage to actually stand up, look their fellow senators in the eye, Democrats and Republicans, and say, OK, let's get rid of your particular project, " he said.

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And while I was well paid, I had become the very image of my most despised beings: a downtrodden commuter, avoiding eye-contact with the fellow-travellers, whose home town was a place to sleep rather than a community to which he could contribute.

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Is there some taking the eye off the ball among your fellow leaders?

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Natalie Biondolillo, private eye, sits at a table and compares notes with fellow investigator Henry McCoy on a person they're trying to locate.

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Port Said could present "a new model for civilian-military relations in the comeback of the military to political life and Morsi surely will keep an eye on it, " said Galal Nasser, chief editor of Al-Ahram Weekly and a fellow at the Nasser Military Academy.

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