swap horses

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In three cases – 1948, 1964 and 1976 – the incumbent hadn’t won office in his own right, but the proposition of the contests for voters was the same as in every retention election: Should we swap horses midstream or not?

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Major Companies Push the Limits of a Tax Break It began more than 90 years ago as a small tax break intended to help family farmers who wanted to swap horses and land.

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We are called upon to swap horses while crossing the stream.

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The President's homely expression, "It is not wise to swap horses while crossing a stream," was the basis of the great trend of political thought in the North, and there was little doubt of the result, although an animated campaign was conducted.

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McClellan, watching from his cab the discomfiture of his foe, calls derisively, "Wouldn't you like to swap horses now, Lincoln?"

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