We have learned that some tea party groups had unduly long wait times for tax-exempt status.

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Some Darjeeling producers have switched to making green tea but this now faces competition from China, Mr David wrote in a recent article.

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Doctors recommend that women who suffer from morning sickness have something to drink, such as sweet tea, and some dry toast before getting up.

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However, as you point out, one of the problems the Republicans are going to have to face is that some of the candidates supported by the Tea Party aren't necessarily the most electable.

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It is precisely because the Tea Party supports new, untested candidates that some of them have startled the public.

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For example, some health industry groups have accommodated an individual mandate for health insurance, something many Tea Partiers oppose.

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Critics have accused some IRS officials of misleading Congress about what they knew of the targeting of tea party and other conservative groups.

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Away from the beach, Northumberland is littered with castles, some romantic ruins and others that feel as though their sentries have just popped off for a cup of tea and will be back any moment.

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Even if the idea did arise as some kind of spontaneous Cincinnati political combustion, where could they possibly have come up with the idea that targeting the tea party might be a good career move?

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