At the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, people waiting in line for tickets to this week's arguments on gay marriage held umbrellas or put tarps over their belongings as the snow fell.

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The second faint weakness in Ms Lamont's approach is that her attack line re the constitution resembles, to some extent, the type of arguments which the Tories used to adduce against Labour proposals for devolution.

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Indeed, he sometimes uses the arguments of such doubters to try to keep his own supporters in line.

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Aspiring candidates put on long white aprons, line up behind tables full of flickering Sterno, and dish out issues and arguments to fatten the voters.

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In short, the arguments put forward in the TASC study contending that the B-2 line can be closed without significant adverse impact on the Nation's future ability to produce bombers do not stand up to rigorous scrutiny in a world in which the United States must maintain a large and flexible bomber force and do so within severe budgetary constraints.

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