Obamacare, Dodd-Frank and other laws still in implementation threaten to besiege posterity under bureaucratic assault.

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Along with many of St Petersburg's artistic treasures, the museum was moved to Siberia as Hitler's forces prepared to besiege the city.

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Social and economic dynamics, as mentioned in the Atlantic piece, are contributing to besiege many households, even as a seemingly well-connected elite sails on.

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When someone tries to criticise the Gaullist village, they are not really trying to improve it, they are trying to infiltrate or besiege it or romanise - that is, anglicise - it.

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When someone tries to criticise the Gaullist village, they are not really trying to improve it, they are trying to infiltrate or besiege it or romanize - that is, anglicize - it.

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The disruption is used as negotiating leverage by the unions, which know that parents will besiege school districts with calls begging them to settle.

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Some Arsaal residents and Sunni politicians believe Mr. Hmayyed was killed in order to draw the army into a confrontation with Arsaal residents and then besiege the town, cutting off a vital supply route for Syrian rebels while securing Hezbollah control of the area.

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