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an official or legal cancellation- The paper argued that the law is arbitrary and undermines competition and therefore ought to be repealed.Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies -- http://www.cato.org/research/trade-st.html (retrieved 06/29/06)
- While government has grown on the whole, we have reformed or repealed many programs ... to excellent effect.Christopher DeMuth -- After the Ascent -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.11289,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
- The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [repealing Prohibition] -- http://www.cato.org/constitution/amendments_en.html (retrieved 06/29/06)
- They know better than to attack the advocacy community's sacred cows, and they know that no regulation is ever repealed.Michael S. Greve -- Subprime, but not Half-Bad -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.19271/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
- In 1844 he succeeded in getting the House to repeal the gag rule.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- All laws were repealed which extended the crime of treason beyond the statute of the twenty-fifth of Edward III.Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
- We'll repeal the population limitation laws.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- "Expulsion repealed," the Chancellor said firmly and I felt Ambrose's satisfaction flicker and wane beside me.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- I wanted to give her hope that someday the Population Law would be repealed.Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
- Repealed by amendment 21.United States 'Founding Fathers' -- The Constitution of the United States
- But, instead of following tradition, I suggest one house legislators, another whose single duty is to repeal laws.Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- Hefley's "OSHA Reform Act" would essentially repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- "Repeal this statute, my good sir?" says Mr. Kenge to a smarting client.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- Mark the high noises; and thyself bewray, When false opinion, whose wrong thought defiles thee, In thy just proof repeals and reconciles thee.William Shakespeare -- King Lear
- It would be a hollow gesture to repeal the Gold Law prohibitions against Africans when all gold mines are owned by European companies.Nelson Mandela -- I Am Prepared to Die
- Is there no voice more worthy than my own, To sound more sweetly in great Caesar's ear For the repealing of my banish'd brother?William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar
- Don't try dreaming about any repeals.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- Each had the power to annul or repeal the acts of the other.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
- And as its next order of business, the Legislature promptly passed resolutions instructing its Senators to urge repeal of the Embargo.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- Owing its ratification to the law of a State, it has been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by which it was ratified.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
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