It also, as a matter of record, for those who consume public opinion data -- I think most of you do -- has broad public support across the political spectrum.

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However, when that information is converted to another form such as a tax lien or a criminal charge, it becomes a matter of public record and the criteria for disclosure may be very different.

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While some of this information such as salaries of certain state employees has long been a matter of public record, the Internet has made it far more accessible, too, says Mr. Hallock.

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The speech is now a matter of public record, as are transcripts of the testimony from every hearing the good doctor presided over as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology during his final term.

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As a general matter, the firm is proud of its track record in research.

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But I think we need to recognize that making payments to doctors a matter of public record is, as I said before, an Orwellian solution.

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It is a matter of covering Obama's official record right now as the global economy stagnates, Washington deadlocks, Europe teeters, Islamists take power in the Middle East, Iran grows emboldened, Afghanistan falls apart, and China and Russia fester.

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As it is in the Marxist philosophy on which he was weaned from birth (a matter of public record, including in his own writings).

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