The most braindead allegation was that Republicans harbored a secret plan to ban contraceptives.

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It is possible, as many Apple advocates insist, that they have a secret plan and will once again set the world on fire.

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There is no evidence whatsoever of a secret plan.

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Unless Fiat-Chrysler has a secret plan to power cars with giant, watch-like mainsprings, electrification (along the spectrum of hybrid, plug-in, and battery-electric vehicle designs) will be a growing part of the product story in the U.S. Why curse it?

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"Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton are very capable men, but I can't believe they have a secret plan that nobody else has thought of for how to extricate ourselves, " says Max Boot, senior fellow at Council on Foreign Relations.

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Now, following a campaign, Mr Clarke has said the proposals will be watered down and a plan for secret inquests dropped altogether.

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These days it seems every major media company has a not-so-secret plan to save journalism from the Web.

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The European authorities may have some secret plan for holding the euro together after a Greek exit but, frankly, I have my doubts.

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