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Congressmen—John Ensign, a freshman from Las Vegas, and Dave Camp, a third termer from Michigan—conferred after a meeting of Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
From Time • Aug. 19, 2016
I’m like a medium termer: stay in work, keep your head down.
From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2015
After Kean complained of chest pains, doctors sped the popular two termer into the operating room after determining he was dangerously close to a heart attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Congressmen--John Ensign, a freshman from Las Vegas, and Dave Camp, a third termer from Michigan--conferred after a meeting of Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the third termer was informed of the finding of this document, he admitted and absorbed the all-important matter by simply saying: "Some people have no more brains than guinea pigs."
From The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt by Remey, Oliver
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