What they were willing to do was give the candidate a pass because they saw it as the only route to victory.

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"It was not only not humane to give Sandusky a pass, but inhumane towards young men who fell prey to him, " said attorney Tom Kline, who represents Victim 5.

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You know, give him a place to play, and not pass it onto him, yet.

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Maybe it was because you were sick and so you give yourself a pass.

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In conclusion, it seems a number of conservatives and conservative or business-oriented newspapers or magazines are so relieved that a liberal moderator did not show constant and blatant bias, that they sigh with relief and give him a pass on the more muted or subtle forms of it.

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They struggle to pull it out of the way, and give up, only for the train to pass by on a parallel track.

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It's not clear what kind of coalition can be formed to give the country a government that can pass legislation.

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Thomas Bosc's conversion went over off an upright to give the visitors a shock lead and it got worse for England when Julien Touxagas intercepted Scott Moore's wayward pass and put Bentley in for France's second try.

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Give the Arnage T some gas, swing out to pass and, in an instant, it will charge forward in a fluid surge, hitting 90 mph in seconds.

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