Naturally, a reality TV casting agent has been reaching out to many of the blog's subjects.

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For example, at the same time that David Koch has been casting himself as a champion in the fight against cancer, Koch Industries has been lobbying to prevent the E.

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Syria, therefore, has been casting round for allies.

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With the banks and the government unwilling to bail it out - and with large debts to Olsen Energy - Harlands has been casting around for ways to finance another restructuring to try to save the business.

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"The problems are caused by water, mining and a quarry, and there has also been open casting on the other time at one time... but none of these have been resolved by putting draining on the mountain, " he said.

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Clinton's keynote at the African summit -- which has been established by American and African interests to promote economic and cultural ties between the U.S. and the continent -- was significant, because perhaps more than any other U.S. president, Clinton has been credited with casting an empathetic eye toward Africa's myriad problems and success stories.

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Mary Konye, 21, has been charged with throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm.

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More recently, however, Justice Thomas has been siding with greater police powers, casting Justice Scalia into a minority with liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

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The social messaging platform has been doing a remarkably good job lately of casting itself as the benevolent, human-friendly alternative to scary, all-knowing, all-conquering colossi like Facebook and Google.

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