That should have been enough to make Mr Khan grovel.

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Never before, I said, could aspiring journalists write, shoot photos and video, produce and publish without having to grovel at the feet of an elite professional class wielding the spoils of power.

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Few miseries compare to landing in a city at 6 a.m. only to while away the morning in traveler's purgatory awaiting an "early" 1 p.m. check-in that you had to grovel to get.

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Before the group was set to do an interview with Diane Sawyer in late April 2003 -- with hopes of stopping the public relations bleeding -- they questioned why they needed to grovel and beg for Bush's forgiveness.

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I'm not going to grovel anymore.

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As a result of the FairTax, we would see jobs flooding into America instead of fleeing and we would no longer have to grovel, snivel and whine like beaten down slaves for a measely 2% payroll tax cut when we could have a 100% one.

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You have to grovel.

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