It's hardly a replica of what worked last time.

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They clamored for a special prosecutor, despite the First Amendment implications. (That this particular individual worked for the CIA was hardly a Beltway secret.) Novak's reputation survived like the Rock of Gibraltar.

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For a high-profile case the system seems to have worked, even though the defendant was hardly sympathetic.

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But translators and other Iraqis who have worked for the U.S. are hardly the only ones who have left.

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It hardly comes as a surprise, then, that the firm once worked with class-action attorney and convicted felon Mel Weiss to negotiate a settlement with Bear Stearns.

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Nokia has done hardly any advertising for Ovi so far: it wanted to make sure that its services worked well first.

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This particular firm worked on the billable hour model (the quality of your work or client satisfaction hardly mattered at the end of the month if you were light on hours).

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