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Feingold, who proposed several doomed amendments to the law, was the only senator to break faith with the parties and vote against the entire bill.

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We seem to have found ourselves in third place," said a slightly surprised Trafalgar Road captain, Mark Fletcher, earlier in the campaign, as he adjusted to the rapid development of his young team and he will not break faith with his players over the winter.

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What the President has done here is to break faith with the American people.

"Our job is not to stand up and cheer when the President breaks the law"

If we raised the embargo before we had some agreement on payment, we would break faith with the American property owners.

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He suggested the Conservative Party would not break faith with the Prime Minister if UK troops joined a US-led campaign against Iraq in the absence of a second resolution.

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John Adams immediately announced that he was determined not to break faith with the cause of independence, and Howe instantly turned to Franklin and Rutledge and intimated that his words had been meant for the two of them: "Mr.

Father of the American Revolution: pious, principled, and passionate for liberty, Samuel Adams championed the cause of independence with his unique ability to communicate, motivate, and organize. (History: Greatness of the Founders)

The Trisha show didn't just break faith with Elizabeth Paterson by getting her on under false pretences.

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To you from falling hands we throw/The torch; be yours to hold it high/If ye break faith with us who die/We shall not sleep, though poppies grow/In Flanders fields.

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I can not break faith with my son and I do not think people would expect me to.

British mines expert 'was killed by Khmer Rouge'

But now is not the time to break faith with the voters, especially when solutions are right in front of us.

PennFuture Calls for Renewal of Growing Greener, Passage of Impact Fee on Deep Gas Drilling

The proposals would break faith with Indian tribes and add yet another type of gambling in Oregon.

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It is reported that, on the eve of his death, he allegedly said to his doctor, "Tell them this: If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep.