Would you take me seriously, as a proponent of universal coverage?

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But I had no evidence of it, and I never saw anything that made me take it more seriously than it was common gossip.

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"Our suppliers have told me that they take this seriously too, " Mr Grayling added.

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Watching her laughing at her mistakes reminded me not to take myself so seriously.

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The cynic in me questions just how seriously you can take a competition where three of the seven teams had been eliminated before United even touched down in Tokyo.

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When they spend a lot of money, it makes me very comfortable that they are going to really take this very seriously, and listen to what we have to say, and try to use the technology and the team that we have to the best of their ability.

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Part of my excitement came from the fact that I am Catholic -- not a perfect Catholic, but someone who tries to take my faith seriously and is still thankful to my parents for sending me to a Catholic high school that I am convinced put me on a path to the profession I love so much today.

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So let me briefly address a few of the more prominent arguments that I've heard, and which I take very seriously.

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