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If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.
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Mark Shields
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 25
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Weymouth
Massachusetts
Mark Stephen Shields
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The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide enough for those who have too little.
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I think an increasing number of Republicans are perplexed and actually nervous about Donald Trump and Russia, nervous in the sense that he is gratuitously giving Democrats the national security advantage, that they're standing up for the country.
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Donald Trump, I hate to tell people who are concerned about it, is not going to be impeached. The American people believe in giving somebody a fair chance. He's a new president. There have been troubles, there have been problems.
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America is Republican until 5:00 or 6:00 at night.
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By a 2-1 margin, voters believe that Donald Trump would change business as usual in Washington, but by almost as large a margin, they believe that Hillary Clinton would be better in a crisis and less of a decisive margin she cares about people like them.
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The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.
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Mitt Romney was the man who stood up to Donald Trump early, hard, never wavered.
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I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.
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