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Our people get up every day and think about safety, and we think about it in a way that maybe nobody else thinks about it -- certainly common, ordinary citizens.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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As is well known, twins come in two varieties: fraternal, in which the individuals have half their genes in common, just like ordinary siblings, and identical, in which the individuals have all their genes in common.
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There is a certain irony in the Clinton administration's decision to side with Latino politicians against common sense and ordinary Latinos.
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Nor is it clear that brain surgeons would make a better fist of legislation than ordinary people with guts and common sense.
ECONOMIST: Parliamentary expenses
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An ordinary expense is one that is common and accepted in your industry.
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But if there's anyone out there who doubts that it can be done, then I would urge them to come here to Philadelphia and to see what you've done here. (Applause.) I would urge them to see the difference that we can make when government and businesses and community groups and ordinary folks come together to tackle a common problem.
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Levitt, charismatic and funny, excelled by using common sense to find unexpected results in ordinary places.
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Is it the view though of what the former condescendingly calls "ordinary" Americans, people who have generally shown more common sense than the likes of Messrs.
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It's a complaint common to many resource-rich African nations: ordinary people don't benefit from that wealth.
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Furthermore, like many successful strongmen, he has the common touch, which allows him to connect with ordinary Cambodians in a way that his principal opponent, Sam Rainsy of the eponymous Sam Rainsy Party, has struggled to equal.
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It is experience that can give a person a common touch and a sense of compassion, an understanding of how the world works and how ordinary people live.
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