Whether this consumer power can stretch into citizen power is an open question.

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One second he is strutting around the track with his iPod earbuds in, the next he suddenly develops amazing power and speed over a stretch the length of a football field.

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Some local governments have sought to stretch their eminent domain power as a means of augmenting revenue by expanding their tax base.

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