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For many folks, the SAT is a rite of passage and is the common yardstick people use, for better or worse, in comparing their scores to the scores of their friends, parents and siblings.
NPR: Should You Take the SAT or the ACT?
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Read in this context, Nemesis and The Passage have a great deal in common.
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Mr Besson said he planned to work with the British government on a common strategy "to reinforce controls and make the passage by the (Channel) Tunnel or port as difficult as possible for illegal immigrants".
BBC: French migrant camp re-examined
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At sentencing, it is common for defense counsel and judges alike to invoke the passage of time and intervening efforts by the cooperating witness to acknowledge his or her wrongdoing as factors in favor of a reduced sentence.
FORBES: The Ghosts of Prosecutions Past: Cooperating Defendants and the Ravages of Time
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The common ground of which Republicans speak so warmly is precariously small: passage of free-trade deals, reduced red tape for small business, and tweaks to how unemployment insurance and infrastructure money is doled out.
ECONOMIST: The jobs plan
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Despite the passage of 60 years since its inception, the B-52 remains the most common heavy bomber in the Air Force fleet.
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Among the duties of the priests and nuns who work at The Passage is liaison with police, hospitals and undertakers, in the fairly common event that homeless people, often young, succumb to addiction or despair.
ECONOMIST: Catholics in Britain
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Pate said the Freemen want a "guarantee of free passage" for one or two of their members to leave the compound and help set up a "common law grand jury" to determine if they have broken any laws.
CNN: Authorities having trouble communicating with Freemen