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To opponents of the forthcoming regulation, including many still inside the Social Security Administration, Warshawsky and Vought’s conception of the modern economy neglects the fact that workers like Tincher grew up in a different world.

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We are so used to associating “masterpieces” with largeness of conception that it often can shock us to discover that modest quirkiness has its own appeal.

The original conception of the Dolls, it came from a time when women would dress up and be pretty for the men.

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Those types of films often take several years from conception to release and cost more than $200 million to produce.

Among the “Christian stuff” that Stuckey believes the Bible deems true: There are only two genders, determined at conception, and marriage is between a man and a woman.

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