As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight with an expected call for civility, the Arizona legislature is taking up a bill with a less chummy message to the federal government.

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He added that although it would be "unhealthy" for there to be a "chummy relationship" between the person keeping the banks in order and the banks themselves, banking chiefs have alleged Mr King doesn't understand what they do.

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The dot-commers were a much more chummy bunch.

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G7 meetings have a reputation for being chummy affairs where little is accomplished.

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After maybe another 15 minutes, an aggressively chummy man with piercing blue eyes, wearing a sweater and slacks, came out to the car.

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Mr Sarkozy was chummy with Serge Dassault, the owner of Dassault Aviation, a rival maker of jets.

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The return of his salary should remind us that we do indeed pay him to perform a function, one that he expands with every chummy photo op.

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Mr. McCLINTON: (Singing) If you were over in Egypt, way down deep on a dig, and if some mummy tried to get chummy, I'd be there to unravel his wig.

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The proximity of kisha club members to the people they cover creates chummy relationships that make it hard for reporters to write critical stories, says Akira Uozumi, a freelance reporter who worked for 20 years at Kyodo News, a wire service and kisha-club regular.

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