• Much of the mainstream media, unfortunately, seems to have lost interest in covering the meat and potatoes of government.

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  • The next few sessions will be interesting as during the next two weeks we see the meat and potatoes of earnings season.

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  • The meat and potatoes of this bond recommendation are that the new slimmed down, post-bankruptcy CIT is lending to small- and medium-sized businesses.

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  • "We see customers buying in the ten to twelve node range as the meat and potatoes of the product line, " IBM's Kerr said.

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  • Image quality, the meat and potatoes of camera work, is usually high on the Sensation, though some software irregularities do undermine the evident strength of the hardware on board.

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  • The meat and potatoes of "Tekken Tag Tournament" is the tag mode that allows you to hit the shoulder button to call in another previously chosen fighter to help you defeat your opponents.

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  • The seven crew members of the shuttle Discovery were awakened in their quarters at 8:30 Thursday morning and sat down to the traditional NASA breakfast of steak and eggs, along with lighter options like fruit, cereal and bagels--fussy fare unheard of in the meat-and-potatoes Mercury days.

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  • But Mrs Clinton has the edge when it comes to the meat-and-potatoes issues that matter more to blue-collar Americans.

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  • But fortunately for the meat-and-potatoes kind of guy, China does have a McDonald's.

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  • Though traditional grind-it-out guitar bands are no longer a dominating force in the modern mix, even meat-and-potatoes rock had its place at Coachella this year.

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  • Hearty yet humble, it awakens the appetite but does not ask too much of the cook. (Who wants theatrics before coffee?) Traditionally assembled from the leftovers of that iconic New England meat-and-potatoes-feast known as "boiled dinner, " it is utilitarian and forgiving.

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  • "This is really a meat-and-potatoes draft, certainly early in the first couple of rounds with linemen, which is exciting, " said Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, who will pick fourth.

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  • Martin Gottfried, a theatre critic for the New York Post, has written a conventional, meat-and-potatoes biography, slightly hampered by Mr Miller's refusal to talk to him about his personal life.

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  • The tomato sauce, onions, cheese, flour, potatoes and meat for that burger are flown 2, 400 kilometres from South Africa as is everything in Luanda: the paper napkins, plastic menus and cooking oil, bottled water, flashy cars, toilet seats, insect repellent.

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  • The national spice-of-choice, aji, is best enjoyed in the signature Arequipa dish, rocoto relleno: spicy red peppers stuffed with ground meat and potatoes, and topped with cream and cheese.

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  • They meet up at night, usually at a Holiday Inn, for a banquet dinner hosted by Deere, which stuffs the scouts and 100 of Deere's best local customers with meat, gravy and potatoes (and corn).

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  • Guys, if you are deep into watching sports, meat and potatoes, and never having to bother yourself with a new or original thought for the rest of your life, don't even think of marrying a career woman.

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