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The hearing grew testy at times, with Seabright demanding that Assistant U.S.

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Crowding has become a testy issue around Vermont, where small towns have taken aim at intrusive leaf-peeping visitors by shutting down scenic roads and ramping up parking enforcement—even towing vehicles.

The rhetoric might get testy, but the two nations know there’s a lot more to lose by going it alone.

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Porter said she would seek every vote she could win, but then grew testy over follow-up questions.

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As Waller-Bridge says in a testy German accent announcing the film’s theme, “Sometimes we have to perform to get to the truth.”

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