And we may do that to assist--in some cases there's a Washington office, which is other folks, like, doing the same thing we do and we assist them or, in other cases, in situations when they have no office in Washington, and we're the sole representative.

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But right now, we're doing our sole concentration at the Little Schubert on 42nd.

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"Grades at GCSE, A-Level or their equivalent are always hugely important, but they're never the sole criterion, " she said.

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This is because they're either structured as sole proprietorships, partnerships, S-Corps or LLCs.

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In the case of South Carolina's 1st District, that meant that the largely African-American neighborhood of North Charleston was added to the neighboring district of James Clyburn, the state's sole Democratic congressional representative, who won re-election in 2012, virtually unchallenged.

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And so we're being treated to the absurdity of conservative activist groups such as Americans for Prosperity -- whose sole purpose is to argue for cuts in government spending -- complaining about the practical effects of those very cuts on which they insisted.

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