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Traditionally, frontbench speakers should never step over the red lines on the floor - the two lines are exactly two sword-lengths apart (a) - as, theoretically, the MPs would be able to attack one another.
BBC: COMMONS' CHAMBER
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After being driven through the streets of broken glass and police lines, he ascended to a suite on an upper floor at the Westin Hotel and flipped on local news, where he saw for the first time the scenes of chaos that had raged all around his hotel earlier that day.
CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Business: Rage Against The Machine
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Meanwhile, on the Senate floor, party lines were scrambled dramatically with Democrat Ron Wyden giving Rand a hand so that today, John McCain and Lindsey Graham could denounce and demagogue a rising Republican star who whipped both pride and shame into the hearts of many a left-winger.
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