If so, the song should contain information about their quality as a potential mate.

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Those wanting to marry or stay married should look for personal wholeness in a potential mate, far more than a chosen profession.

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There's a dance at play as you size each other up, just as you might a potential mate in a bar.

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Rather than flash the order for a potential mate, the exchange can route it through the dark pools that expressed indications of interest.

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Someone might check out a potential mate for genetic flaws.

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When someone asked if Sarah Palin was a potential running mate, he laughed.

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He was mentioned as a potential running mate in Bob Dole's 1996 campaign and in George W. Bush's 2000 campaign.

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, once a potential running mate, introduced Romney.

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Glock had been tipped as a potential team-mate for Robert Kubica at Renault.

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That way, it would be hard for a competitor to see someone eyeing a tasty banana or potential mate.

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After all, the hackers said, you look at restaurant reviews before going to a restaurant, why not read a review of your potential mate?

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Johnson will consult footballers who once played for him, and have since been a team-mate of the potential signing, to find out about their character.

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