While it is perfectly true that the impact of the full cuts will take a while to bite, what I take away from my visit to Virginia is that the looming crisis is causing a lot of people intense worry - I also suspect it has already damaged the economy.

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Merrill publicly denied Spitzer's charges, but the embarrassing e-mails were hard to explain away in a sound bite.

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Netflix is hoping to take a bite out of that population tuning away from the "Big Five" broadcast networks.

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Before each bite of a cupcake, I carefully peeled the paper away from the tender buttery cake and billowy buttercream frosting and saved it for last.

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Of course, McConnell knows full well that February is just days away and that he will get another large bite at the spending apple when the battle moves on to the debt ceiling where Congressional Republicans expect to hold better cards than they possessed in the current debate.

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The one thing we can't do at this club is get carried away and think we're world-beaters or it will come back to bite us.

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Hors d'oeuvres that are "one bite and no more" are ideal, he feels, since they're easiest to eat away from a table.

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