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The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
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Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
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Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.
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David Greenberg at Rutgers University has a book coming out next year on political spin.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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He rose upon it, it was under him, he felt its lift and irresistible momentum; almost it bore him up the steps.
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You can probably realize just how headquarters would take the sort of yarn we'd spin if we dashed in and told them the truth.
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This most simple steam-engine combined in the greatest degree the two elements of expansion and momentum.
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The principle of expansive working and momentum of moving parts was of necessity modified in its application to pump-work.
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It was a kind of incredible performance, half on earth and half in the air: it rushed with such impetuous momentum.
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