Mr Duhalde might yet demur, and nominate his own wife, Hilda, for the Senate race.

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Only on Mr Bush's third demand, that Iran become more pluralistic, are the conservatives likely to demur.

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In every house we visited, your cup gets topped up apparently forever, until you drain it entirely or demur.

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Others demur, either arguing that the court should have no jurisdiction over internal conflicts or that the criminal threshold should be higher in such cases.

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Others demur: if North Korea wants to put off inspections until the last minute, the project will indeed be delayed further and put in some doubt.

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He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, although that enterprise did spectacularly badly, and earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again.

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The evenings are increasingly demur events.

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The corn people demur.

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Many lab coats demur.

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Unfortunately, Germany did not understand that Britain did not have a lien on the whole world, and that (British interests apart) the views of other powers had to be taken into account, so that the desired territorial concessions could not be slipped into Germany's pocket without demur.

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