United looked a different proposition after the break, with David Robertson, Morgaro Gomis and Goodwillie all proving a handful for the hosts.

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Now, as people around the world intone the proposition that the United States is the world's only superpower, it is therefore tempted to pursue foreign-policy goals all by itself.

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Villa boss Gerard Houllier conceded his team were beaten by the better side and warned that United will be a tougher proposition in the title race with an in-form Rooney.

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One of many bad ideas emerging as the Bush administration aligns itself ever more closely with the regime of Mikhail Gorbachev is the proposition that the United States should help the Soviet central authorities convert some of their military-industrial complex to civilian uses.

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Support for an Israeli-Syrian Accord: As a general proposition, it is not sensible for the United States to make a commitment of indefinite duration to put U.S. troops on the Golan for symbolic purposes, when the necessary symbolism can (and undoubtedly will) be supplied amply by other means.

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Never mind that the voters of the United States last Fall decisively rejected the team that argued that proposition in the affirmative.

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The International Year was established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2010, based on a proposition presented by an expressive group of Member States adherent of the UN-Water initiative.

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The debate was sponsored by the American Society of International Lawyers and the United Nations Association and represented, to my knowledge, the first time the proposition had been squarely joined in a public setting .

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