States are up in arms about drug prices because they are increasingly out of pocket from covering them.

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Protestors from the Left Party are up in arms over the sexism and shallow materialism that they argue Barbie symbolizes.

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Many politicians are up in arms, believing that the "public interest" should be whatever they want it to be.

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Further cuts in public spending appear to have been shelved, moves towards more government decentralisation are meeting resistance, and senior government employees are up in arms at plans to prevent them from being parachuted into cosy retirement jobs in industries they formerly regulated.

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