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In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death.
Timothy Noah
Death
Welcome
Will
Slow
Long
Power
Extremely
States
Obama
Likely
Makes
Continue
Mountain
United
United States
Nuclear
Nuclear Power
Without the three-fifths rule, there wouldn't have been a Constitution of the United States - not one that governed the American South, at any rate - because the South wouldn't have ratified it.
Timothy Noah
Constitution
Rule
States
Constitution Of The United States
Rate
Because
Without
Governed
Been
South
American
Any
United
United States
You can be president of the United States and have the best, most bipartisan-seeming idea in the world. But if it doesn't have a constituency, you might as well be town clerk of Toad Suck, Arkansas.
Timothy Noah
Best
You
World
President
States
Idea
Arkansas
Town
Most
Clerk
Well
Might
Toad
Suck
United
United States
The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class.
Timothy Noah
Class
Country
Everybody
Considers
States
Himself
Practically
Middle
Where
Middle Class
United
United States
Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out.
Tobe Hooper
People
Somebody
Year
Every
States
Out
Thousands
Thousands Of People
Vanish
Some
Something
Disappear
Come
Know
Around
La
Gets
Maybe
Just
Them
Means
Each
Each Year
I grew up in the States and Canada for a while because my mum came over in the 1970s. We lived in Los Angeles for a couple of years and then moved to Canada for a few more.
Toby Stephens
Few
States
Angeles
More
Over
Couple
Because
Los
Came
Los Angeles
Years
Up
Canada
Moved
Grew
While
Then
Lived
Mum
My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in determining some of its policies.
Todd Gitlin
Government
Vote
Book
World
Made
Power
Everybody
State
Ought
States
Focused
Some
Case
Determining
Could
Policies
Because
Around
Least
Governs
American
Much
United
United States
When countries with the worst possible human rights records sit on the UNHRC, seek to deflect attention from their own egregious human rights abuses and attempt to pass judgment on Israel - a country with a vibrant liberal democracy - the credibility of the UNHRC is further undermined, and the United States must not be silent.
Todd Young
Democracy
Rights
Country
Judgment
Sit
Own
Human Rights
Liberal
Liberal Democracy
States
Further
Worst
Deflect
Possible
Must
Silent
Seek
Records
Attempt
Attention
Countries
Abuse
Undermined
Pass
Israel
Human
Vibrant
United
United States
Credibility
It's not often that a United States Senate seat comes open.
Todd Young
States
Open
Senate
Often
United
United States
Seat
United States Senate
I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today.
Tom Coburn
Life
Today
Death
Natural
Value
Believe
States
Except
Taking
Most
Conception
Offense
America
Human
Intentional
Capital
Should
Human Life
Lives
Save
It's clearly the intent of the Islamic State to strike us here in the United States. And that's why we have to go on offense in the war against the Islamic State to fight them where they are before they fight us here in the United States.
Tom Cotton
War
Fight
Before
State
Strike
States
Clearly
Islamic
Go
Offense
Intent
Where
Against
Them
Us
United
Why
United States
Here
Obviously, the United States military can destroy any of Iran's nuclear infrastructure.
Tom Cotton
Military
States
Destroy
Obviously
Iran
Any
Infrastructure
United
United States
United States Military
Nuclear
It's important to remember that whatever the presidential candidates of either party say, they will have to interact with the United States Congress, particularly the Senate, when it comes to crafting policy... we play an important role. And I'm going to continue to play that role, whoever is president.
Tom Cotton
Remember
Will
Important
Party
Whatever
Congress
President
Presidential
Say
States
Particularly
Policy
Important Role
Continue
Role
Senate
Crafting
Going
Candidates
Interact
Either
Whoever
United
United States
Play
Our enemies and allies alike must know that aggressors will pay an unspeakable price for challenging the United States. The best way to impose that price is global military dominance.
Tom Cotton
Best
Enemies
Will
Pay
Military
Our
Way
States
Alike
Must
Best Way
Allies
Price
Unspeakable
Global
Know
Impose
Dominance
United
United States
Challenging
We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.
Tom Daschle
Problems
Way
States
Correct
Must
Conduct
Decide
Elections
United
United States
In short, it is the position of the people of the United States, as expressed by their representatives in Congress, that Israel's fight is our fight. And so shall it be until the last terrorist on earth is in a cell or a cemetery.
Tom DeLay
Fight
People
Congress
Our
Earth
States
Shall
Until
Terrorist
Israel
Cell
Short
Representatives
Cemetery
Expressed
United
United States
Last
Position
I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.
Tom DeLay
Government
Constitution
Job
States
Constitution Of The United States
Constitutional
Federal
Employee
Am
Officer
United
United States
In 2011, at least a third of middle school and high school students who smoked cigars used flavored little cigars. Six states - Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Wisconsin - already have youth cigar smoking rates that are the same or higher than youth cigarette smoking.
Tom Frieden
Youth
School
Smoking
Cigarette
States
High
High School
High School Students
Rates
Higher
Maryland
Students
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Smoked
Island
Least
Georgia
Than
Same
Six
Middle
Rhode
Middle School
Rhode Island
Little
Used
Who
Florida
Third
The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies.
Tom Frieden
Reality
Progress
Made
Differences
Babies
Teen
Too
Teens
States
Having
Both
Remarkable
Reducing
Still
American
Pregnancy
Racial
Ethnic
Many
United
United States
The bottom line is that Ebola is hard to treat, and when the first patient ever with Ebola came to the United States, we thought the guidelines would protect the health care workers.
Tom Frieden
Health
Treat
Care
Thought
First
Patient
Guidelines
States
Would
Bottom
Bottom Line
Protect
Health Care
Came
Line
Workers
Hard
United
Ever
United States
Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined.
Tom Lantos
Faith
Government
Anger
Financial
Political
Build
Own
Military
States
Has-Been
Citizens
Support
Towards
New
Undermined
New Government
Been
Iraqi
Popular
Resentment
United
United States
I think public sector workers, our teachers, our firefighters, our home health workers who work for states, they do God's work. They are some of our most important employees.
Tom Perez
Work
God
Health
Home
Employees
Important
Think
Our
States
Sector
Some
Firefighters
Most
Public
Workers
Teachers
Who
Public Sector
When the federal government imposes a mandate on the states or supersedes a state policy, conservatives often rise in protest.
Tom Perez
Government
Conservatives
State
States
Rise
Federal
Federal Government
Policy
Protest
Often
Mandate
I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience.
Tom Perez
Youth
Experience
People
Opportunities
Become
Young
Apprenticeship
States
About
Learned
Because
Trades
Germany
Unemployment
Than
Model
Get
Young People
Far
Lower
Paid
United
United States
Coincidence
We believe the way social change occurs in the United States, over the last 200 years, is the democratic process.
Tom Steyer
Change
Believe
Way
States
Over
Democratic
Democratic Process
Occurs
Years
Process
Social
Social Change
United
United States
Last
The most sacred duty of the President of the United States of America is to defend and protect the Constitution and the principles it enshrines: freedom, fairness, and equality.
Tom Steyer
Freedom
Constitution
Equality
Duty
President
States
Sacred
Sacred Duty
Most
Protect
Fairness
Principles
America
United
United States
United States Of America
Defend
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