It's also hard to take seriously the suggestion that something should be done to reduce the power of the whips.

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However, it is a bet emboldened by the knowledge that there is an emergency room nearby that has to take you in should something go wrong with the plan not to get sick or seriously injured.

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"I think it's something that we need to take very, very seriously, " Klein said.

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It's important for elected officials to keep in mind that principles are something voters take seriously.

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Then something unprecedented happened: its leaders decided to take seriously the clauses in successive education acts saying that it should consider suppliers other than itself.

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Mr O'Neill had become something of a joke in the financial markets, which found him increasingly difficult to take seriously.

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