as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas
those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed
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The last one is how inflation has always been defined, but do conservatives agree?
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On paper, some of the six, all of whom are far-right conservatives, have enviable educational backgrounds, but the record has proven that each one is openly political and willing to rubber-stamp nearly all of DeSantis’ lame and unconstitutional policies.
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Players are expected to commit themselves to a franchise, while teams frequently reward veterans with contractual stability.
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The Portage home was gifted to Shawn and Rosa and their four daughters through Homes for Heroes, which helps veterans and first responders.
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Spend some time viewing fossils from this period, checking out the museum's mineral collection, and seeing the paleontology students patiently preserve specimens in the on-site lab.
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The genetic evidence and fossils support a similar narrative.
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For the benefit of us old fogies?
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Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.
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