By the time I went to sit down, there were only three empty seats left at this very long table of perhaps sixty people.

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In this era of ballooning debt the long-term fiscal health of our country has become a kitchen table discussion.

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"This was no way to live, " he said, seated at the head of a long table surrounded by his wife and children.

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And you've got this crying need, and as you point out in the report, this is a twofer -- this is one where we can not only get immediate job growth, but it also lays the foundation for long-term productivity and efficiencies that will make a difference for every company represented around this table.

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He has talked very clearly about the need to get this done through a conversation where everyone sits at the table and discusses a balanced way to address our long-term deficit and debt.

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The class was Logic, in Cellblock 2, thirteen of us seated along both sides of a long table, with Ilgauskas at the head, a stocky man, late forties, beset this day by periodic coughing.

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