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As for the rest of the world, for all their oft-spoken pieties they seem to be able to agree on precisely nothing.

Peale's teaching was marked by its focus on the individual, as evidenced by his oft-spoken statement, "Faith in God and believe in oneself".

Particularly grating to Adams was the oft-spoken assumption among many of the British that sooner or later America would "of course" return to the British fold.

Bush did not repeat his oft-spoken hope of sealing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves the White House in January, a target date that has aroused public scepticism.

One of Kane's oft-spoken phrases is the well known quote, often attributed to Irish philosopher Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for evil to exist is for good people to do nothing."

It was an admonishment in keeping with Obama's oft-spoken belief that civil rights pioneers were the "Moses generation" that led the way, but now the "Joshua generation" would "find our way across the river" together.

Hammond also said that the campaign is planning a "floor whip operation" for the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August, planning to meet Gingrich's oft-spoken promise to stay in the race to the convention.

The state law - which grants far-reaching authority to subpoena documents, compel testimony and conduct public investigations in securities cases - gave Mr. Spitzer a powerful weapon to back up his oft-spoken criticism that federal agencies were shirking their enforcement duties.

Mr. North's admirers and his detractors had expected much harsher treatment, considering Judge Gesell's oft-spoken respect for adherence to the law, the seriousness of the charges and a recommendation by the independent prosecutor, Lawrence E. Walsh, that Mr. North serve time in jail.

The eldest son in a Republican family that published the local newspaper, Mr. Quayle is remembered here as an amiable, well-behaved teen-ager, not particularly unusual, except for his oft-spoken reverence for Barry Goldwater, which reflected the views of his grandfather, the newspaper publisher Eugene C. Pulliam.