These are some major elements of a working program of middle-class relief.

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Instead, the assimilation of elements of French into English produced Middle English and, with it, the basic profile of the language we still speak: a large vocabulary of Germanic and French-derived words organized with a simplified Germanic grammar.

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Other elements central to the negotiation that would impact middle income earners, mainly the extension of Bush era tax cuts for incomes below the border, patching the alternative minimum tax, and the potential loss in the payroll tax cut, suggest that the economic situation of the middle class as a result of the fiscal reorganization will remain the status quo at best.

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And this would give them a chance to have a Batman film prior to the Justice League movie, in order to give Clark Kent a cameo to link the two worlds and introduce the more fantastical elements into the Nolanverse before throwing Batman right into the middle of flying aliens and monsters and magic.

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She listed essential elements for passing a health care bill, including making coverage more affordable for middle-class Americans, sustaining the solvency of the Medicare program for senior citizens while eliminating a gap in their prescription drug coverage, no deficit increase and holding insurance companies accountable.

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He had the boisterous crowd and the elements to deal with and, time after time, he drilled his kicks right through the middle of the posts.

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"He appears to have drifted into a parallel world where he picked and chose elements to build himself a new identity, " said Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor in the Middle East department at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

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